офицер
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian офице́р (oficér), either directly from German Offizier from Latin officiārius (“officer”), or first via Polish oficer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ofiˈt͡sɛr]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛr
- Syllabification(key): о‧фи‧цер
- Hyphenation(key): офи‧цер
Noun
офице́р • (oficér) m (relational adjective офице́рски)
- (military) officer
- (chess) bishop (a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | офице́р oficér |
офице́ри oficéri |
| definite (subject form) |
офице́рът oficérǎt |
офице́рите oficérite |
| definite (object form) |
офице́ра oficéra | |
| vocative form | офице́ре oficére |
офице́ри oficéri |
Kazakh
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian офице́р (oficér), from German Offizier, from Latin officiārius (“officer”).
Noun
офицер • (ofiser)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | офицер (ofiser) | офицерлер (ofiserler) |
| genitive | офицердің (ofiserdıñ) | офицерлердің (ofiserlerdıñ) |
| dative | офицерге (ofiserge) | офицерлерге (ofiserlerge) |
| accusative | офицерді (ofiserdı) | офицерлерді (ofiserlerdı) |
| locative | офицерде (ofiserde) | офицерлерде (ofiserlerde) |
| ablative | офицерден (ofiserden) | офицерлерден (ofiserlerden) |
| instrumental | офицермен (ofisermen) | офицерлермен (ofiserlermen) |
| similative | офицердей (ofiserdei) | офицерлердей (ofiserlerdei) |
Derived terms
- офицерлiк (ofiserlik)
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔfit͡sɛr]
- IPA(key): [ɔfiˈt͡sɛr]
Audio: (file)
Noun
офицер • (oficer) m (feminine офицерка, relational adjective офицерски)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | офицер (oficer) | офицерки (oficerki) |
| definite unspecified | офицерот (oficerot) | офицерките (oficerkite) |
| definite proximal | офицеров (oficerov) | офицеркиве (oficerkive) |
| definite distal | офицерон (oficeron) | офицеркине (oficerkine) |
| vocative | офицеру (oficeru) | офицерки (oficerki) |
| count form | — | офицера (oficera) |
Russian
Alternative forms
- офице́ръ (oficér) — pre-1918 spelling
Etymology
Either directly from German Offizier from Latin officiārius (“officer”), or first via Polish oficer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐfʲɪˈt͡sɛr]
Audio: (file)
Noun
офице́р • (oficér) m anim (genitive офице́ра, nominative plural офице́ры, genitive plural офице́ров, relational adjective офице́рский, collective офице́рство, diminutive офице́рик, pejorative офице́ришка, pejorative collective офицерня́ or офицерьё)
- (military, law enforcement) officer
- (chess, informal) bishop (Russian abbreviation: С)
- Synonym: (standard term) слон (slon)
Declension
Declension of офице́р (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- офицерня́ f (oficernjá)
- офице́рство n (oficérstvo)
- офице́рствовать impf (oficérstvovatʹ)
- офице́рша f anim (oficérša)
- офицерьё n (oficerʹjó)
- по-офице́рски (po-oficérski)
Compounds:
- зауря́д-офице́р m anim (zaurjád-oficér)
- о́бер-офице́р m anim (óber-oficér)
- у́нтер-офи́цер m anim (únter-ofícer)
- штаб-офице́р m anim (štab-oficér)
Related terms
- о́фис m (ófis)
- официа́льный (oficiálʹnyj)
- официа́нт m anim (oficiánt)
Descendants
- → Armenian: օֆիցեր (ōficʻer)
- → Bats: აფიცერ class vb (apicer)
- → Georgian: ოფიცერი (opiceri)
- → Ingrian: ofitsera
- → Ingush: эпсар (epsar)
- → Ubykh: фицар (ficar)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “офицер”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.