officer

EnglishEdit

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officer

EtymologyEdit

From Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French, from Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”).

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒfɪsə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔfɪsɚ/
(cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɪsɚ/
Audio (US)
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Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cer

NounEdit

officer (plural officers)

One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
  Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
One who holds a public office.
An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
(colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.

Derived termsEdit

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TranslationsEdit

one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization

Afrikaans: offisier
Albanian: oficer (sq) m
Arabic: مَأْمُور‎ m (maʾmūr)
Armenian: սպա (hy) (spa)
Bulgarian: офице́р m (oficér)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 官員 (zh), 官员 (zh) (guānyuán), 官吏 (zh) (guānlì)
Czech: funkcionář (cs)
Esperanto: oficiro
Finnish: upseeri (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr) m
German: Funktionär (de) m, Funktionärin f
Greek: αξιωματικός (el) m (axiomatikós)
Hebrew: פָּקִיד‎ (he) m (pakíd)
Hungarian: rendőr (hu), katonatiszt (hu), tiszt (hu)
Italian: funzionario (it) m
Japanese: 役員 (ja) (やくいん, yakuin)

Korean: 역원 (ko) (yeogwon)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئه‌فسه‌ر‎ (ku) (efser)
Lithuanian: pareigūnas m
Malay: pegawai
Manx: fer oik m
Maori: āpiha
Navajo: siláo binantʼaʼí
Persian: افسر‎ (fa) (afsar), سرکار‎ (fa) (sarkâr)
Portuguese: oficial (pt) m, f, comandante (pt) m, f
Romanian: ofițer (ro) m, funcționar (ro) m
Russian: слу́жащий (ru) m (slúžaščij), чино́вник (ru) m (činóvnik)
Swahili: afisa (sw), ofisa (sw)
Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่ (th) (jâao-nâa-tîi)
Welsh: swyddog (cy) m
Zazaki: êfser m, êfser f, êfsere f

one who holds a public office

Bulgarian: чино́вник (bg) m (činóvnik)
Finnish: virkamies (fi)
German: Beamter (de) m, Beamtin (de) f
Hungarian: köztisztviselő (hu)
Japanese: 役人 (ja) (やくにん, yakunin)

Polish: urzędnik (pl) m, urzędniczka (pl) f
Portuguese: funcionário público (pt) m
Romanian: funcționar public m
Russian: чино́вник (ru) m (činóvnik)
Scottish Gaelic: maor m

agent or servant endowed with the ability to act on initiative

Finnish: asiamies (fi)

Swahili: afisa (sw)

contraction of the term "commissioned officer"

Albanian: oficer (sq) m
Arabic: ضَابِط‎ m (ḍābiṭ)
Armenian: սպա (hy) (spa)
Azerbaijani: zabit (az)
Belarusian: афіцэ́р m (aficér)
Bulgarian: офице́р m (oficér)
Burmese: စစ်ဗိုလ် (cacbuil)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軍官 (zh), 军官 (zh) (jūnguān)
Czech: důstojník (cs) m
Danish: officer c
Dutch: officier (nl) m
Estonian: ohvitser
Finnish: upseeri (fi)
French: officier (fr) m, officière (fr) f
Georgian: ოფიცერი (opiceri)
German: Offizier (de) m, Offizierin f
Hebrew: קָצִין‎ (he) m (katsín)
Hindi: ऑफ़िसर m (ŏfisar), अफसर (hi) m (aphsar)
Hungarian: tiszt (hu)
Inari Sami: upseer
Indonesian: perwira (id)
Italian: ufficiale (it) m, f
Japanese: 士官 (ja) (しかん, shikan), 将校 (ja) (しょうこう, shōkō)
Kazakh: офицер (kk) (ofïcer)
Korean: 장교 (ko) (janggyo), 군관 (ko) (gun-gwan)
Kyrgyz: офицер (ky) (ofitser)

Latvian: virsnieks m
Lithuanian: karininkas m
Macedonian: офицер m (oficer)
Malay: pegawai, perwira (Indonesia)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: offiser m

Nynorsk: offiser m
Persian: افسر‎ (fa) (afsar)
Polish: oficer (pl) m
Portuguese: oficial (pt) m, f
Romanian: ofițer (ro) m
Russian: офице́р (ru) m (oficér) (military or police)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: официр m

Roman: oficir (sh) m
Slovak: dôstojník m
Slovene: oficir m, častnik m
Spanish: oficial (es) m, f
Swedish: officer (sv) c
Tajik: афсар (afsar)
Thai: นายทหาร
Turkish: subay (tr)
Turkmen: ofiser
Ukrainian: офіце́р m (oficér)
Urdu: افسر‎ m (afsar)
Uzbek: ofitser (uz)
Vietnamese: sĩ quan (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} oficer (sq), (2) ^{(please verify)} nënpunës
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} officier (nl) m
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} קצין‎ (he) m (katzin)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} agente (it) m, ^{(please verify)} ufficiale (it)

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 장교 (ko) (janggyo)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} часник m, ^{(please verify)} časnik (sh) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} oficial (es) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} officer (sv) c

VerbEdit

officer (third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered)