kommissarisch
German (Berlin)
/kɔmɪˈsaːʀɪʃ/
adj
Definitions
- (of an office holder or administration) provisional, temporary
- (of a substitutional or representative office holder) deputy
- (of a head of a department, etc.) acting
Etymology
Suffix from German Kommissar (commissioner).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Kommissar
Gloss
commissioner
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- komissaari Finnish
- commissarius Latin
- Kommissar German
- комисса́р Russian