commandement
French, noun/kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃/
commandement is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commandement is a French masculine noun meaning “command, order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ordre que donne celui qui a pouvoir de commander”.
What does commandement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommand, order
Il a fait cela par votre commandement.
- 2
masculineauthority, power to command, to give orders; command
poste de commandement
- 3
masculinecommander
- 4
masculinecommandment; rule or law imposed by a superior power
les Dix Commandements
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ordre que donne celui qui a pouvoir de commander. 2. Tout ordre bref qu’on donne à haute voix pour faire exécuter certains mouvements, certaines manœuvres. 3. L’autorité qui octroie le pouvoir de commander, qui permet de transmettre des ordres à autrui. 4. L’entité ou la personne détentrice de cette autorité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of commandement
- commandements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce commandement?
- /kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃/
- \kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃\
- [kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to commandement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is commandement in French?
commandement appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).