English

Noun

commando ‎(plural commandos or commandoes)

1. A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 89:

     The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture [...].

2. A commando trooper
3. (historical) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops

Derived terms

• go commando

Translations

References

1. ↑ “commando” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

French

Pronunciation

Noun

commando m ‎(plural commandos)

1. commando (troop, trooper)

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ando

Noun

commando m ‎(plural commandi)

1. commando (troop)

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ mandō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈman.doː/, [kɔmˈman.doː]

Verb

commandō ‎(present infinitive commandere, perfect active commandī, supine commansum); third conjugation

1. I chew

Inflection

References

• commando in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

commando m (plural commandos)

1. Obsolete spelling of comando

Verb

commando

1. Obsolete spelling of comando