militant
English
Etymology
From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪlɪtənt/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
militant (comparative more militant, superlative most militant)
- Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. [from 15th c.]
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 394:
- The upper tiers of the foreign ministry were quick to embrace a militant policy.
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 394:
- Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
- warrish
Translations
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Noun
militant (plural militants)
- (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. [17th–19th c.]
- An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. [from 19th c.]
- 2008, Militants in Pakistan release 250 schoolchildren after taking them hostage, Wikinews:
- Officials in Pakistan have confirmed that at least 250 schoolchildren between 12 and 18 years old and several teachers were taken hostage by at least seven militants inside a high school in Domail.
- 2008, Militants in Pakistan release 250 schoolchildren after taking them hostage, Wikinews:
- Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. [from 20th c.]
Derived terms
- Militant Tendency
- ultramilitant
Related terms
- militance
- military
- militia
Translations
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Catalan
Adjective
militant (masculine and feminine plural militants)
- A militant.
Verb
militant
- present participle of militar
Further reading
- “militant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “militant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “militant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “militant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French militant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmi.liˈtɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mi‧li‧tant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Adjective
militant (comparative militanter, superlative militantst)
- militant (belligerent, tending to violence, defensive)
Inflection
Inflection of militant | ||||
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uninflected | militant | |||
inflected | militante | |||
comparative | militanter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | militant | militanter | het militantst het militantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | militante | militantere | militantste |
n. sing. | militant | militanter | militantste | |
plural | militante | militantere | militantste | |
definite | militante | militantere | militantste | |
partitive | militants | militanters | — |
Related terms
- militair
- militie
Noun
militant m (plural militanten)
- A militant, combatant.
- A devoted supporter, activist.
Derived terms
- partijmilitant
- vakbondsmilitant
French
Etymology
From militer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.li.tɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Adjective
militant (feminine militante, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantes)
- militant
Noun
militant m (plural militants)
- an activist, campaigner
- Synonyms: partisan, supporter, supporteur
Usage notes
- Unlike in English, the French noun militant can mean any activist or supporter and does not connote an aggressive approach.
Participle
militant
- present participle of militer
Further reading
- “militant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- limitant
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mīlitāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miliˈtant/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
militant (strong nominative masculine singular militanter, comparative militanter, superlative am militantesten)
- militant
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist militant | sie ist militant | es ist militant | sie sind militant | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | militanter | militante | militantes | militante |
genitive | militanten | militanter | militanten | militanter | |
dative | militantem | militanter | militantem | militanten | |
accusative | militanten | militante | militantes | militante | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der militante | die militante | das militante | die militanten |
genitive | des militanten | der militanten | des militanten | der militanten | |
dative | dem militanten | der militanten | dem militanten | den militanten | |
accusative | den militanten | die militante | das militante | die militanten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein militanter | eine militante | ein militantes | (keine) militanten |
genitive | eines militanten | einer militanten | eines militanten | (keiner) militanten | |
dative | einem militanten | einer militanten | einem militanten | (keinen) militanten | |
accusative | einen militanten | eine militante | ein militantes | (keine) militanten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist militanter | sie ist militanter | es ist militanter | sie sind militanter | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | militanterer | militantere | militanteres | militantere |
genitive | militanteren | militanterer | militanteren | militanterer | |
dative | militanterem | militanterer | militanterem | militanteren | |
accusative | militanteren | militantere | militanteres | militantere | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der militantere | die militantere | das militantere | die militanteren |
genitive | des militanteren | der militanteren | des militanteren | der militanteren | |
dative | dem militanteren | der militanteren | dem militanteren | den militanteren | |
accusative | den militanteren | die militantere | das militantere | die militanteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein militanterer | eine militantere | ein militanteres | (keine) militanteren |
genitive | eines militanteren | einer militanteren | eines militanteren | (keiner) militanteren | |
dative | einem militanteren | einer militanteren | einem militanteren | (keinen) militanteren | |
accusative | einen militanteren | eine militantere | ein militanteres | (keine) militanteren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am militantesten | sie ist am militantesten | es ist am militantesten | sie sind am militantesten | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | militantester | militanteste | militantestes | militanteste |
genitive | militantesten | militantester | militantesten | militantester | |
dative | militantestem | militantester | militantestem | militantesten | |
accusative | militantesten | militanteste | militantestes | militanteste | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der militanteste | die militanteste | das militanteste | die militantesten |
genitive | des militantesten | der militantesten | des militantesten | der militantesten | |
dative | dem militantesten | der militantesten | dem militantesten | den militantesten | |
accusative | den militantesten | die militanteste | das militanteste | die militantesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein militantester | eine militanteste | ein militantestes | (keine) militantesten |
genitive | eines militantesten | einer militantesten | eines militantesten | (keiner) militantesten | |
dative | einem militantesten | einer militantesten | einem militantesten | (keinen) militantesten | |
accusative | einen militantesten | eine militanteste | ein militantestes | (keine) militantesten |
Latin
Verb
mīlitant
- third-person plural present active indicative of mīlitō
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
militant m (feminine singular militanta, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantas)
- militant
Romanian
Etymology
From French militant.
Adjective
militant m or n (feminine singular militantă, masculine plural militanți, feminine and neuter plural militante)
- activist
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | militant | militantă | militanți | militante | ||
definite | militantul | militanta | militanții | militantele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | militant | militante | militanți | militante | ||
definite | militantului | militantei | militanților | militantelor |
Swedish
Adjective
militant (comparative militantare, superlative militantast)
- militant (belligerent)
- militant (combative)
Declension
Inflection of militant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | militant | militantare | militantast |
Neuter singular | militantt | militantare | militantast |
Plural | militanta | militantare | militantast |
Masculine plural3 | militante | militantare | militantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | militante | militantare | militantaste |
All | militanta | militantare | militantaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
References
- militant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- militant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- militant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)