ABC-offiser

See also: abc-offiser

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• abc-offiser

Etymology

ABC +‎ offiser, first part from English atomic, biological and chemical. Last part from French officier (“officer”), from Old French officer, officier (“officer”), from Medieval Latin officiārius (“officer”), from officium (“duty, service, office”), a contraction of opificium (“work”), from Proto-Italic *opifakjom, an old derivative of ops, opis (“power, ability, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-, *h₃op-(i)- (“force, ability”), from *h₃ep- (“to work, toil, make; ability, force”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːbɛˈseːɔfɪseːr/

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• Rhymes: -eːr
• Hyphenation: A‧B‧C‧of‧fis‧er
• Homophone: abc-offiser

Noun

ABC-offiser m (definite singular ABC-offiseren, indefinite plural ABC-offiserer, definite plural ABC-offiserene)

1. (military) a professionally trained officer to lead defense against atomic, biological and chemical weapons for a department
   • 1991 January 23, NTBtekst:

     ABC-offiseren om bord i «Andenes» … mener det er svært foruroligende at norske skip går inn i krigssonen uten tilstrekkelig verneutstyr

     The ABC officer on board "Andenes"… thinks it is very disturbing that Norwegian ships enter the war zone without sufficient protective equipment

Related terms

• ABC-krig
• ABC-krigføring
• ABC-område
• ABC-vern
• ABC-våpen

 

References

• “ABC-offiser” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• abc-offiser