grenadier
English
Etymology
From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
grenadier (plural grenadiers)
- 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.
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A Grenadier.
- Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
Translations
soldier
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bird
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fish
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Anagrams
- Readinger, rereading
French
Etymology
grenade + -ier
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁə.na.dje/
Audio (file)
Noun
grenadier m (plural grenadiers)
- pomegranate tree
- (military) grenadier
Further reading
- “grenadier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dénigrera
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)
- a Grenadian (person from Grenada)
Related terms
- Grenada
- grenadisk
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French grenadier.
Noun
grenadier m (plural grenadieri)
- grenadier
Declension
Declension of grenadier
singular | plural | |||
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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
Grenada + -ier
Noun
grenadier c
- person from Grenada
Usage notes
Not to be confused with grenadjär (“grenadier”).
Declension
Declension of grenadier | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grenadier | grenadiern | grenadier | grenadierna |
Genitive | grenadiers | grenadierns | grenadiers | grenadiernas |
Related terms
- Grenada
- grenadisk
- grenadiska
Anagrams
- girerande