English

Noun

gendarme ‎(plural gendarmes or gensdarmes)

1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
2. Policeman.
   • 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170 :

     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.

Synonyms

• (police officer): see Wikisaurus:police officer

Translations

Anagrams

• red mange

French

Etymology

Singular extracted from plural gendarmes, which arose as a re-spelling of gens d' armes = "people of arms", "armed people".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃.daʁm/

Noun

gendarme m ‎(plural gendarmes)

1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
2. firebug (the insect)

Derived terms

• gendarme allongé

Anagrams

• démanger

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French gendarme.

Noun

gendarme m ‎(plural gendarmi)

1. policeman (armed)

Portuguese

Noun

gendarme m (plural gendarmes)

1. gendarme (member of the gendarmerie)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from French gendarme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xenˈdaɾ.me/

Noun

gendarme m ‎(plural gendarmes)

1. (law enforcement) policeman (armed)