Meanings
nouncommissariat (plural commissariats)
plural commissariats
- A supply of food.
We gave such dinner-parties as our commissariat allowed; the menu was simplicity itself - " blanket " for every course, cunningly disguised as soup, entree, and, I was going to say, joint.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 79 - The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
- historicalA department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
- A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Frenchcommissariat
- Frenchcommissariat
- Englishcommissariat
Borrowed from French commissariat.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 委員部 /委员部
- 委員部 /委员部 (wěiyuánbù)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
Dutch commissariaat
- commissariaata department of the government of the Soviet Union
Estonian komissariaat
- komissariaata department of the government of the Soviet Union
Finnish komissariaatti
- komissariaattia department of the government of the Soviet Union
French commissariat
- commissariata department of the government of the Soviet Union
German Kommissariat
- Kommissariata department of the government of the Soviet Union
Greek επιμελητεία, επιτροπάτο
- επιμελητεία (epimeliteía)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
- επιτροπάτο (epitropáto)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
- επιτροπείο (epitropeío)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
- κομισαριάτο (komisariáto)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
Hungarian népbiztosság
- népbiztossága department of the government of the Soviet Union
Indonesian komisariat
- komisariata department of the government of the Soviet Union
Italian commissariato
- commissariatoa department of the government of the Soviet Union
Japanese 委員部
- 委員部 (iinbu)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
Korean 위원부
- 위원부 (wiwonbu)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
Latvian komisariāts
- komisariātsa department of the government of the Soviet Union
Lithuanian komisariatas
- komisariatasa department of the government of the Soviet Union
Polish komisariat
- komisariata department of the government of the Soviet Union
Romanian comisariat
- comisariata department of the government of the Soviet Union
Russian комиссариа́т
- комиссариа́т (komissariát)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
Ukrainian комісаріа́т
- комісаріа́т (komisariát)a department of the government of the Soviet Union
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APA
commissariat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissariat
MLA
“commissariat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissariat. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commissariat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissariat.
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