sergent

See also: Sergent and sèrgent

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sergent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sərˈʒen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sərˈʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seɾˈd͡ʒent]

Noun

sergent m (plural sergents, feminine sergenta)

1. sergeant

Further reading

• “sergent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sergent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sergent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sergent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin or Late Latin servientem (“a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Classical Latin servientem (“serving”), present participle of serviō, servīre (“serve, be a slave to”). See also servant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Noun

sergent m (plural sergents, feminine sergente)

1. (military) sergeant

   Synonym: (military slang) serpat

Derived terms

• sergent-major (“sergeant-major”)

Related terms

• serf
• sergenter
• sergenterie
• servant
• service
• servir

Further reading

• “sergent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sergent.

Noun

sergent m (plural sergenți)

1. sergeant

Declension

Declension of sergent

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sergent	sergentul	(niște) sergenți	sergenții
genitive/dative	(unui) sergent	sergentului	(unor) sergenți	sergenților
vocative	sergentule		sergenților