commissariat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French commissariat.

Noun

commissariat (plural commissariats)

A supply of food.
The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.

Translations

a department of the government of the Soviet Union

Belarusian: камісарыя́т m (kamisaryját)
French: commissariat (fr) m
German: Kommissariat n

Russian: комиссариа́т (ru) m (komissariát)
Ukrainian: комісаріа́т m (komisariát)

Anagrams

marcatissimo

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.mi.sa.ʁja/
Audio (file)

Noun

commissariat m (plural commissariats)

A commissionership.
A police station.

Synonyms

(police station): commissariat de police, poste

Further reading

“commissariat” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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