bersagliere

bersagliere

English

Etymology

From Italian bersagliere.

Noun

bersagliere (plural bersaglieri)

1. A marksman or rifleman in certain Italian regiments.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 50:

     We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. They were bersaglieri.

Translations

marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments

Arabic: (please verify) بيرساغلييري‎ m pl Chinese: Mandarin: 意大利狙擊兵／意大利狙击兵 (Yìdàlì jūjībīng) French: bersaglier (fr) m, bersallier m Hungarian: lövész (hu), mesterlövész (hu), bersagliere (hu) Italian: bersagliere (it) m Japanese: ベルサリエーレ (berusariēre) Lithuanian: bersaljeras m Polish: bersalier (pl) m Russian: берсалье́р (ru) m (bersalʹjér) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: берса̀ље̄р m Roman: bersàljēr (sh) m Slovene: bersaljerji m pl

Further reading

• bersagliere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

From bersaglio +‎ -iere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ber.saʎˈʎɛ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛre
• Hyphenation: ber‧sa‧gliè‧re

Noun

bersagliere m (plural bersaglieri)

1. rifleman, bersagliere (in some Italian regiments)

Related terms

• bersagliare

Noun

bersagliere f

1. plural of bersagliera

Descendants

• → Polish: bersalier