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/
(dialectal, informal) IPA^(key): /ˈɒfsə/
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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.
A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- 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

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 (maʾmūr)
Armenian: սպա (hy) (spa)
Bulgarian: длъжностно лице n (dlǎžnostno lice)
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎦᏰᎬᏍᏓ (asgayegvsda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 官員 (zh), 官员 (zh) (guānyuán), 官吏 (zh) (guānlì)
Choctaw: afisa
Czech: funkcionář (cs)
Esperanto: oficiro
Finnish: upseeri (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr) m, officier (fr)
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 (ko) (yeogwon)

Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئەفسەر‎ (ku) (efser)
Latin: praefectus m
Lithuanian: pareigūnas m
Malay: pegawai
Manx: fer oik m
Maori: āpiha
Navajo: siláo binantʼaʼí
Ojibwe: zhimaaganishii-ogimaa (military)
Persian: افسر‎ (fa) (afsar), سرکار‎ (fa) (sarkâr)
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)
Scottish Gaelic: oifigear m
Swahili: afisa (sw), ofisa (sw)
Swedish: officer (sv) c (military):, direktör (sv) c (business):
Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่ (th) (jâao-nâa-tîi)
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 (masʾūl)
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 (zh), 官员 (zh) (guānyuán)
Finnish: virkamies (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr)
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 (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 (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 (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) (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 or 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 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)

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

VerbEdit

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