From his youth, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov had to deal with gendarmes. They often visited him with a search: sometimes successfully, sometimes Lenin managed to outwit them. But who are they? This article discusses the meaning of the word "gendarme", its morphological characteristics. Also, the article picked up several synonyms for him.
The gendarme is
When you pronounce the word "gendarme" out loud, it becomes obvious that it is of French origin. In addition, it is clear that in some way it is connected with the army. To confirm or refute your guesses, it is worth looking into the explanatory dictionary.
A gendarme is one who serves in the gendarmerie. This word also has a figurative meaning: strict, hard person.
For instance:
- This is not a girl, but a policeman in a skirt.
- Andre has been serving in the gendarme corps for the fifth year.
Morphological characteristics, declination
The word "gendarme" consists of seven letters, seven sounds: two vowels and five consonants, therefore, it can be divided into two syllables: jean-darm. If a word has more than one syllable, one of them is pronounced a little stronger. Such a syllable is called stressed. The rest, respectively, are unstressed. In the gendarme, the stress falls on the second syllable.
The gendarme is a common nouveau animated noun of a general gender (can refer to male and female people). Since the word ends in a consonant, it refers to the second declension.
| Case | Question | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | Who! | The gendarme rudely pushed a defenseless girl. | The gendarmes without knocking broke into the room. |
| Genitive | Whom? | The boy was frightened by the gendarme and cried. | Artseulov was the head of the Moscow corps of gendarmes. |
| Dative | To whom? | Gendarme Fedyaev did not like his work, but he could not find another. | Don't come to the gendarmes, they are in a bad mood today. |
| Accusative | Whom? | Have you ever seen a real gendarme? | I wonder why no one likes gendarmes? |
| Instrumental case | By whom? | We will deal with this gendarme in our own way, it will not seem a little to him. | Gendarmes are not born. |
| Prepositional | About whom? | The gendarme was wearing a new blue uniform. | Ivanova, what do you know about the gendarmes? |
Synonyms
How many synonyms for the word "gendarme" can you pick up?
The gendarme is about the same as a carabinier or a policeman.
Phrases with the word "gendarme"
What adjectives, participles, pronouns, and numerals are combined with the noun gendarme?
Fat, thin, thin, full, knocked down, fat, high, low, short, strange, ordinary, unusual, mysterious, your, mine, ours, nobody, first, fifth, working, serving, beaten, beautiful, ugly, ugly, shabby, decisive, shy, ironic, talkative, chatty, silent, married, single, engaged, worried, beloved, loving, in love, scandalous, screaming, obedient, educated, ill-bred, impolite, polite, understanding, important, lonely, single, main, economic, cruel, demon warm-hearted, angry, kind, old, young, urban, rustic, rural, lucky, unlucky.