Meanings
noungendarmerie (plural gendarmeries)
plural gendarmeries · alternative gendarmery
- A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.
We must defend it till the Gendarmerie turn out. Keep after me.
1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 259
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFrench police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
- Proto-Italic*gentis
- Latingentem
- Old Frenchgent
- Frenchgents
- Frenchgens
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Old Frenchde
- Middle Frenchde
- Frenchd'
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂(e)rmos
- Proto-Italic*armos
- Late Latinarma
- Old Frencharme
- Middle Frencharme
- Frencharmes
- Frenchgens d'armes
- Frenchgendarmesbf.
- Frenchgendarme
- Frenchgendarmerie
- Englishgendarmerie
Borrowed from French gendarmerie.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek χωρόφυλαξ
- χωρόφυλαξ (khōróphulax)military body charged with police duties
Arabic دَرَك, جَنْدَرْمَة
- دَرَك (darak)military body charged with police duties
- جَنْدَرْمَة (jandarma)military body charged with police duties
- حَرَس (ḥaras)military body charged with police duties
Bulgarian жандарме́рия
- жандарме́рия (žandarmérija)military body charged with police duties
Chinese Mandarin 國家憲兵 /国家宪兵, 憲兵 /宪兵
- 國家憲兵 /国家宪兵 (guójiā xiànbīng)military body charged with police duties
- 憲兵 /宪兵 (xiànbīng)military body charged with police duties
Czech četnictvo, žandarmerie
- četnictvomilitary body charged with police duties
- žandarmeriemilitary body charged with police duties
Danish gendarmeri
- gendarmerimilitary body charged with police duties
Dutch rijkswacht, gendarmerie
- rijkswachtmilitary body charged with police duties
- gendarmeriemilitary body charged with police duties
Esperanto ĝendarmo
- ĝendarmomilitary body charged with police duties
Estonian sandarmeeria
- sandarmeeriamilitary body charged with police duties
Finnish santarmi
- santarmimilitary body charged with police duties
French gendarmerie
- gendarmeriemilitary body charged with police duties
German Gendarmerie
- Gendarmeriemilitary body charged with police duties
Greek χωροφυλακή
- χωροφυλακή (chorofylakí)military body charged with police duties
Hebrew זַ׳נְדַּרְמֶרְיָה
- זַ׳נְדַּרְמֶרְיָה (zhandarmerya)military body charged with police duties
Hindi जेंडरमेरी
- जेंडरमेरी (jeṇḍarmerī)military body charged with police duties
Hungarian csendőrség
- csendőrségmilitary body charged with police duties
Indonesian gendarmeri, marinyo
- gendarmerimilitary body charged with police duties
- marinyomilitary body charged with police duties
Italian carabinieri, gendarmeria
- carabinierimilitary body charged with police duties
- gendarmeriamilitary body charged with police duties
Japanese 国家憲兵, 憲兵
- 国家憲兵 (kokka kenpei)military body charged with police duties
- 憲兵 (kenpei)military body charged with police duties
Korean 국가 헌병, 헌병
- 국가 헌병 (gukga heonbyeong)military body charged with police duties
- 헌병 (heonbyeong)military body charged with police duties
Latvian žandarmērija
- žandarmērijamilitary body charged with police duties
Lithuanian žandarmerija
- žandarmerijamilitary body charged with police duties
Norwegian Bokmål gendarmeri
- gendarmerimilitary body charged with police duties
Polish żandarmeria
- żandarmeriamilitary body charged with police duties
Portuguese gendarmeria, gendarmaria
- gendarmeriamilitary body charged with police duties
- gendarmariamilitary body charged with police duties
Romanian jandarmerie
- jandarmeriemilitary body charged with police duties
Russian жандарме́рия
- жандарме́рия (žandarmérija)military body charged with police duties
Slovak žandárstvo, žandarméria
- žandárstvomilitary body charged with police duties
- žandarmériamilitary body charged with police duties
Spanish gendarmería
- gendarmeríamilitary body charged with police duties
Swedish gendarmeri
- gendarmerimilitary body charged with police duties
Turkish jandarma, jandarmalar
- jandarmamilitary body charged with police duties
- jandarmalarmilitary body charged with police duties
Ukrainian жандарме́рія
- жандарме́рія (žandarmérija)military body charged with police duties
Vietnamese sen đầm, hiến binh
- sen đầmmilitary body charged with police duties
- hiến binhmilitary body charged with police duties
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gendarmerie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gendarmerie
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“gendarmerie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gendarmerie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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