commissaire
French, noun/kɔ.mi.sɛʁ/
commissaire is a French feminine noun meaning “commissioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est commis, chargé d’une commission”.
What does commissaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecommissioner
- 2
femininemasculinechief of police, head of police, superintendent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui est commis, chargé d’une commission. 2. Fonctionnaire chargé de la surveillance des compagnies financières ou industrielles. 3. Délégué chargé par un gouvernement de missions politiques temporaires. 4. Chef d’État officiel et cérémonial de l’un des trois territoires, représentant du gouvernement fédéral; analogique au gouverneur général fédéral ou du lieutenant-gouverneur d’une province.
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 commissaire
- commissaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce commissaire?
- /kɔ.mi.sɛʁ/
- \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to commissaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is commissaire in French?
commissaire appears 28 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).