sargento

From French sergent, from Middle French sergent, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient or sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin serviēns, servientem (“a servant, a vassal, a soldier or an apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō, servīre (“to serve or to be a slave to”), from servus (“a slave, a serf or a servant”), perhaps from Etruscan; compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 (Servi) or 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 (Serve)[1]; from Proto-Italic *serwo, from Proto-Indo-European *serwoh₂.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾ.ˈʒẽ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁ.ˈʒẽ.tu/
• Hyphenation: sar‧gen‧to

sargento m, f (plural sargentos)

1. sergeant

• Kadiwéu: jajeentegi

From Old Spanish sargente, from Middle French sergent, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient or sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin serviēns, servientem (“a servant, a vassal, a soldier or an apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō, servīre (“to serve or to be a slave to”), from servus (“a slave, a serf or a servant”), perhaps from Etruscan; compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 (Servi) or 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 (Serve)[1]; from Proto-Italic *serwo, from Proto-Indo-European *serwoh₂. Doublet of sirviente.

• IPA^(key): /sarˈxento/, [sarˈxẽn̪t̪o]

sargento m (plural sargentos, feminine sargenta, feminine plural sargentas)

1. sergeant

• sargentear

• “sargento” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.