commander
French, verb/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
commander is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commander is a French verb meaning “to order (tell someone to do something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diriger, mener”.
What does commander mean in English?
verb
- 1
to order (tell someone to do something)
- 2
to order (ask for a product)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Diriger, mener. 2. Avoir le commandement en vertu d’une autorité déléguée. 3. Donner un ordre. 4. Passer une commande, auprès d’un commerçant, d’un industriel, etc.
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 commander
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- commandant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- commandé participle past
- commande first-person indicative present
- commandes indicative present second-person
- commandons first-person indicative plural
- commandez indicative plural present
- commandent indicative plural present
- commandais first-person imperfect indicative
- commandait imperfect indicative singular
- commandions first-person imperfect indicative
- commandiez imperfect indicative plural
- commandaient imperfect indicative plural
- commandai first-person historic indicative
- commandas historic indicative past
- commanda historic indicative past
- commandâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce commander?
- /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
- \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\
- [ko.mɑ̃.de]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to commander
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is commander in French?
commander appears 15 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).