EuroLex/F/Gendarme
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- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: gendarme 'policeman, constabulary serviceman'
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | gendarm | ... | 'gendarme' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | gendarme | ... | 'gendarme' | '...' | ... |
| English | gendarme | 16c | 'a member of the French national police organization constituting a branch of the armed forces with responsibility for general law enforcement;
slang: a police officer' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Gendarm | documented since 17th c., more frequently used since 19th c. | nowadays old-fashioned in Germany, but normal in Austria; 1. 'gendarme' (dial., 1809), 2. 'dominating person'(dial.,insult), 3. 'constable' (dial.), 4. 'children's game' (dial.), 5. 'sandpiper (insect, dial.), 6. 'long bread loaf'(dial.) | '...' | Birken-Silvermann 2003: 128 |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | gendarme, giandarme | 17th c. | nowadays old-fashioned; 1. 'constabulary serviceman', 'policeman', 2. 'dominating person' (slang), 3. 'donjon', 4. 'dominating woman' (iron.) | '...' | Birken-Silvermann 2003: 128 |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | gendarme | ... | 'gendarme' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | gendarme | ... | 'gendarme' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | gendarm | ... | 'gendarme' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: from F contraction of gens d'armes "men at arms", later applied to military police. Gens is pl. of gent "nation, people", from L gentem, acc. of gens "race, nation, people"
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
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