Kenpeitai

English

Alternative forms

• Kempeitai
• kempeitai
• kenpeitai

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 憲兵隊 (Kenpeitai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛnpeɪˈtaɪ/

Proper noun

Kenpeitai

1. (history) The military police of the Imperial Japanese Army that also served as the secret police of Imperial Japan, active from 1881 to 1945.

Translations

Imperial police force

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憲兵隊／宪兵队 (zh) (xiànbīngduì)

• Indonesian: kempetai (id)
• Japanese: 憲兵隊 (ja) (kenpeitai)

See also

• Gestapo
• OVRA

French

Proper noun

Kenpeitai f

1. Alternative form of Kempeitai

Italian

Proper noun

Kenpeitai f

1. Alternative form of Kempeitai

Spanish

Proper noun

Kenpeitai f

1. Alternative form of Kempeitai