ejército
See also: ejercito and ejercitó
Spanish
Alternative forms
- exército (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Spanish exército, borrowed from Latin exercitus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the 15th century in Juan de Mena and the marquis of Santillana, replacing the inherited Old Spanish hueste. The borrowing was read with the “native” Old Spanish value of x, /ʃ/, instead of /ks/, cf. ejemplo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /eˈxeɾθito/ [eˈxeɾ.θi.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /eˈxeɾsito/ [eˈxeɾ.si.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -eɾθito
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾsito
- Syllabification: e‧jér‧ci‧to
Noun
ejército m (plural ejércitos)
- army
- Synonym: milicia
Derived terms
- Ejército de Salvación
- Ejército Popular de Liberación
See also
- ejercitar (verb)
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “ejercer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 548
Further reading
- “ejército”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014