grenadier
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A Grenadier (sense 1).
English
Etymology
From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.
Pronunciation
Noun
grenadier (plural grenadiers)
- (military) A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom.
- (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- (zoology) Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
Derived terms
Translations
soldier
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bird
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fish
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
grenadier m (plural grenadiers)
- pomegranate tree
- Synonym: (obsolete) migrainier
- (military) grenadier
Further reading
- “grenadier” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “grenadier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “grenadier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French grenadier.
Noun
grenadier m (plural grenadieri)
Declension
Declension of grenadier
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) grenadier | grenadierul | (niște) grenadieri | grenadierii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) grenadier | grenadierului | (unor) grenadieri | grenadierilor |
| vocative | grenadierule | grenadierilor | ||
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
grenadier c
- person from Grenada
Usage notes
Not to be confused with grenadjär (“grenadier”).
Declension
Declension of grenadier
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | grenadier | grenadiers |
| definite | grenadiern | grenadierns | |
| plural | indefinite | grenadier | grenadiers |
| definite | grenadierna | grenadiernas | |