officier

Dutch
Officier van de Belgische Zeemacht met drie officierskruisen
Officer of the Belgian Navy with three officer's crosses

Etymology

From Middle Dutch officier (“official”), from Old French officier, from Latin officiārius.

The sense “overseer” was borrowed from English overseer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ.fiˈsir/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cier

Noun

officier m (plural officieren or officiers, diminutive officiertje n)

  1. officer
  2. (Surinam, historical) plantation overseer
  3. (obsolete) official

Derived terms
  • hoofdofficier
  • officier van justitie
  • onderofficier

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ.fi.sje/
  • audio (un officier)(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiare.

Verb

officier

  1. to officiate
Conjugation
Conjugation of officier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle officiant
/ɔ.fi.sjɑ̃/
past participle officié
/ɔ.fi.sje/
infinitive
simple officier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple officiant
/ɔ.fi.sjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present officie
/ɔ.fi.si/		 officies
/ɔ.fi.si/		 officie
/ɔ.fi.si/		 officions
/ɔ.fi.sjɔ̃/		 officiez
/ɔ.fi.sje/		 officient
/ɔ.fi.si/
imperfect officiais
/ɔ.fi.sjɛ/		 officiais
/ɔ.fi.sjɛ/		 officiait
/ɔ.fi.sjɛ/		 officiions
/ɔ.fi.si.jɔ̃/		 officiiez
/ɔ.fi.si.je/		 officiaient
/ɔ.fi.sjɛ/
past historic2 officiai
/ɔ.fi.sje/		 officias
/ɔ.fi.sja/		 officia
/ɔ.fi.sja/		 officiâmes
/ɔ.fi.sjam/		 officiâtes
/ɔ.fi.sjat/		 officièrent
/ɔ.fi.sjɛʁ/
future officierai
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁe/		 officieras
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁa/		 officiera
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁa/		 officierons
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁɔ̃/		 officierez
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁe/		 officieront
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional officierais
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/		 officierais
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/		 officierait
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/		 officierions
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁjɔ̃/		 officieriez
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁje/		 officieraient
/ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present officie
/ɔ.fi.si/		 officies
/ɔ.fi.si/		 officie
/ɔ.fi.si/		 officiions
/ɔ.fi.si.jɔ̃/		 officiiez
/ɔ.fi.si.je/		 officient
/ɔ.fi.si/
imperfect2 officiasse
/ɔ.fi.sjas/		 officiasses
/ɔ.fi.sjas/		 officiât
/ɔ.fi.sja/		 officiassions
/ɔ.fi.sja.sjɔ̃/		 officiassiez
/ɔ.fi.sja.sje/		 officiassent
/ɔ.fi.sjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — officie
/ɔ.fi.si/		 — officions
/ɔ.fi.sjɔ̃/		 officiez
/ɔ.fi.sje/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiarius.

Noun

officier m (plural officiers, feminine officière)

  1. officer
Derived terms

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

officier

  1. Alternative form of officer

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

officier m (oblique plural officiers, nominative singular officiers, nominative plural officier)

  1. officer

Descendants

References
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