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gendarme

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gendarme, from plural gendarmes, a re-spelling of gens d’armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

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Noun

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gendarme (plural gendarmes or gensdarmes)

  1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
  2. A policeman.
    • 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170:
      The US is tempted to play the role of global gendarme because everyone knows that the UN, as it is, lacks the resources and capacity to fill this role.
  3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
    • 1979, Chris Jones, Climbing in North America, →ISBN, page 118:
      The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly.
    • 1998, Climbing - Issues 178-180, page 64:
      The Arete starts easily, with several beautiful, loping pitches leading to a striking gendarme.
    • 2013, Joe Kelsey, Climbing and Hiking in the Wind River Mountains, →ISBN, page 259:
      Continuing to the main summit involves ascents of the gendarmes (the first being the owl-eared one referred to in the next route description) and 140-foot rappels down their south sides.

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Translations

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policeman — see policeman

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French

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Etymology

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Singular extracted from plural gendarmes, which arose as a re-spelling of gens d’armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃.daʁm/
  • Audio; “un gendarme”:(file)

Noun

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gendarme m (plural gendarmes)

  1. a member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties
  2. firebug (the insect)
  3. landjäger (a type of sausage)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gendarme.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒenˈdar.me/
  • Rhymes: -arme
  • Hyphenation: gen‧dàr‧me

Noun

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gendarme m (plural gendarmi)

  1. policeman (armed)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gen‧dar‧me

Noun

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gendarme m (plural gendarmes)

  1. gendarme (member of the gendarmerie)

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gendarme.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xenˈdaɾme/ [xẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ.me]
  • Rhymes: -aɾme
  • Syllabification: gen‧dar‧me

Noun

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gendarme m or f by sense (plural gendarmes)

  1. (law enforcement) policeperson (armed)
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