commandement

/kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃/
1.
nounmasculine

command

leadership

authority (the act or position of commanding)

Après la démission du chef, elle a pris le commandement de l'unité.

After the leader resigned, she took command of the unit.

2.
nounmasculine

commandment (a religious or moral injunction)

C'est l'un des dix commandements.

It is one of the Ten Commandments.