gendarme

名词 n.
/ʒɒnˈdɑːm/    /ʒɑnˈdɑɹm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
  2. A policeman.
    — 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.
    — The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly.

词形变化

gendarmes plural gensdarmes plural

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis
Proto-Italic *gentis
Latin gentem
Old French gentder.
French gents
French gens
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Old French de
Middle French de
French d'
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder.
Late Latin arma
Old French arme
Middle French arme
French armes
French gens d'armes
French gendarmesbf.
French gendarmebor.
English gendarme
Borrowed from French gendarme, a back-formation from gendarmes, from gens d'armes (“people of arms, armed people”), from gens + d' + armes.
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