officer

EnglishEdit

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officer

A group of customs officers

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒfɪsə/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɒfəsə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔfɪsɚ/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɔfəsɚ/
(cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɪsɚ/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑfəsɚ/
(dialectal, informal) IPA^(key): /ˈɒfsə/
Audio (US) (file)
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.
A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  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

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

→ Central Dusun: upisor
→ Punjabi: ਅਫ਼ਸਰ (afasar)
→ Swahili: afisa

TranslationsEdit

one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization

Afrikaans: offisier
Albanian: oficer (sq) m
Arabic: مَأْمُور‎ (ar) m (maʔmūr)
Armenian: պաշտոնյա (hy) (paštonya), աստիճանավոր (hy) (astičanavor)
Belarusian: чыно́ўнік m (čynóŭnik), чыно́ўніца f (čynóŭnica)
Bulgarian: длъ́жностно лице́ n (dlǎ́žnostno licé), чино́вник (bg) m (činóvnik), чино́вница f (činóvnica), чино́вничка f (činóvnička)
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎦᏰᎬᏍᏓ (asgayegvsda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 官員／官员 (zh) (guānyuán), 官吏 (zh) (guānlì)
Choctaw: afisa
Coptic: ϩⲩⲡⲏⲣⲉⲧⲏⲥ (hupēretēs)
Czech: funkcionář (cs) m, funkcionářka (cs) f
Esperanto: oficiro
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: upseeri (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr) m, officier (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Funktionär (de) m, Funktionärin (de) f
Greek: αξιωματικός (el) m (axiomatikós)
Hebrew: פָּקִיד‎ (he) m (pakíd)
Hindi: अफ़सर m (afsar), अफसर (hi) (aphsar), सरकार (hi) f (sarkār)
Hungarian: tiszt (hu), katonatiszt (hu), rendőr (hu), rendőrtiszt
Italian: funzionario (it) m
Japanese: 役員 (ja) (やくいん, yakuin)
Korean: 역원(役員) (ko) (yeogwon)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئەفسەر‎ (ckb) (efser)
Latin: praefectus m
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: pareigūnas m
Macedonian: чиновник m (činovnik), чиновничка f (činovnička)
Malay: pegawai
Manx: fer oik m
Maori: āpiha
Navajo: siláo binantʼaʼí
Ojibwe: zhimaaganishii-ogimaa (military)
Persian: اَفسَر‎ (fa) (afsar), سَرکار‎ (fa) (sarkâr)
Polish: wysoki urzędnik m, wyższy urzędnik m
Portuguese: oficial (pt) m or f, comandante (pt) m or f
Romanian: ofițer (ro) m, funcționar (ro) m
Russian: слу́жащий (ru) m (slúžaščij), чино́вник (ru) m (činóvnik), чино́вница (ru) f (činóvnica), должностно́е лицо́ (ru) n (dolžnostnóje licó)
Scottish Gaelic: oifigear m
Slovak: funkcionár m, funkcionárka f
Swahili: afisa (sw), ofisa (sw)
Swedish: officer (sv) c (military):, direktör (sv) c (business):
Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่ (th) (jâao-nâa-tîi)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: службо́вець (uk) m (službóvecʹ), службо́вка (uk) f (službóvka)
Welsh: swyddog (cy) m
Zazaki: êfser m, êfser f, êfsere f

a respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer

Hungarian: biztos úr

one who holds a public office

Arabic: مَسْؤُول‎ (ar) m (masʔūl)
Belarusian: чыно́ўнiк m (čynóŭnik), чыно́ўнiца f (čynóŭnica), ура́днiк m (urádnik), ура́днiца f (urádnica)
Bulgarian: чино́вник (bg) m (činóvnik), чино́вничка f (činóvnička), чино́вница f (činóvnica)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 官員／官员 (zh) (guānyuán)
Finnish: virkamies (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr) m or f
German: Beamter (de) m, Beamtin (de) f
Hindi: अधिकारी (hi) m (adhikārī)
Hungarian: tisztviselő (hu), tisztségviselő (hu)
Japanese: 役人 (ja) (やくにん, yakunin)
Korean: 공무원(公務員) (ko) (gongmuwon)
Polish: urzędnik (pl) m, urzędniczka (pl) f
Portuguese: funcionário público (pt) m
Romanian: funcționar public m
Russian: чино́вник (ru) m (činóvnik), чино́вница (ru) f (činóvnica)
Scottish Gaelic: maor m
Swedish: tjänsteman (sv) c, ämbetsman (sv) c
Ukrainian: чино́вник m (čynóvnyk), чино́вниця f (čynóvnycja), уря́дник m (urjádnyk), уря́дниця f (urjádnycja)

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／军官 (zh) (jūnguān)
Czech: důstojník (cs) m, oficír (cs) m (dated)
Danish: officer c
Dutch: officier (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: ohvitser
Finnish: upseeri (fi)
French: officier (fr) m, officière (fr) f
Georgian: ოფიცერი (opiceri)
German: Offizier (de) m, Offizierin (de) f
Hebrew: קָצִין‎ (he) m (katsín)
Hindi: ऑफ़िसर m (ŏfisar), अफ़सर m (afsar), अफसर (hi) m (aphsar)
Hungarian: tiszt (hu), katonatiszt (hu)
Inari Sami: upseer
Indonesian: perwira (id)
Italian: ufficiale (it) m or f
Japanese: 士官 (ja) (しかん, shikan), 将校 (ja) (しょうこう, shōkō)
Kazakh: офицер (kk) (ofiser)
Korean: 장교(將校) (ko) (janggyo), 군관(軍官) (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: اَفسَر‎ (fa) (afsar)
Polish: oficer (pl) m
Portuguese: oficial (pt) m or f
Romanian: ofițer (ro) m
Russian: офице́р (ru) m (oficér) (military or police)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: офѝцӣр m, ча̑снӣк m

Roman: ofìcīr (sh) m, čȃsnīk (sh) m
Slovak: dôstojník m, oficier m (dated)
Slovene: oficir m, častnik m
Spanish: oficial (es) m or 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)

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Translations to be checked

Albanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} oficer (sq), (2) ^{(please verify)} nënpunës
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} officier (nl) m
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} קָצִין‎ (he) m (katsín)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} agente (it) m, ^{(please verify)} ufficiale (it)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} oficial (es) m

VerbEdit

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

(transitive) To supply with officers.
(transitive) To command as or like an officer.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
  Many of our journals are officered by Irish gentlemen, and their gallant brigade does the penning among us, as their ancestors used to transact the fighting in Europe; and engage under many a flag, to be good friends when the battle is over.
- 1929, Robert Graves, chapter 10, in Good-Bye to All That‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 115:
  The regular battalions of the regiment, though officered mainly by Anglo-Welshmen of county families, did not normally contain more than about one Welshman in fifty in the ranks.