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commissariat

/ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət/

commissariat noun: a supply of food.

Noun

commissariat (plural commissariats)

  1. 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
  2. The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
  3. (historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
  4. A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.

commissariat meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

commissariat in Tamil

படைத்துறை உணவுத்துறை அரங்கம், உணவுத்துறை அரங்கப் பணிமனை, பொறுப்பாளர் குழு, ருசிய அமைச்சர் குழு

commissariat in Indonesian

a department of the government of the Soviet Union
komisariat

Forms of commissariat

pluralcommissariats

Origin of commissariat

Borrowed from French commissariat.

Questions about commissariat

What does commissariat mean?
Commissariat means a supply of food.
What is commissariat in Tamil?
Commissariat in Tamil is படைத்துறை உணவுத்துறை அரங்கம், உணவுத்துறை அரங்கப் பணிமனை, பொறுப்பாளர் குழு. See Commissariat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is commissariat?
Commissariat is a noun.
How do you pronounce commissariat?
Commissariat is pronounced /ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət/ (US).
What is the plural of commissariat?
The plural of commissariat is commissariats.

Words near commissariat in the dictionary

  1. commishing
  2. commissaire
  3. commissaires
  4. commissar
  5. commissarial
  6. commissariat
  7. commissariats
  8. commissaries
  9. commissaries general
  10. commissaris
  11. commissars

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