commandant, n.m., (milit., nav.) commandant, major. — de place; governor (of a fortified town). — de la marine; flag-officer. — d’une escadre; commodore. Bien, mon —! very well, major.
commande, n.f., order. Ouvrage de —; work done to order. Marchandise de —; goods, bespoken. Sur —; to order. Maladie de —; feigned sickness. Louanges de —; forced praise.
commandement, n.m., command, order; word of command; manner of commanding; writ, order; commandment, precept, law, rule, injunction. Il a tout à son —; he has all things at command. Être de —; to be prescribed or ordered. Secrétaire des —s; private secretary (to a prince).
commander, v.a., to command, to order, to govern; to have the command of; to bespeak; to overlook. Cette tour commande la ville; that tower overlooks the town.
commander, v.n., to command, to rule; to direct; to order, to bid; (milit., nav.) to give the word of command. — à ses passions; to master one’s passions. — à la route (nav.); to shape a ship’s course.
se commander, v.r., to control oneself.
commanderie (ko-mān-drî), n.f., commandery.
commandeur, n.m., commander (in orders of knighthood).
commanditaire, n.m., sleeping partner.
commandite, n.f., limited joint-stock company.