court martial

See also: courtmartial and court-martial

English

Alternative forms

• court-martial
• courtmartial

Etymology

A calque of French cour martiale, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.

Noun

court martial (plural (formal) courts martial or (informal) court martials)

1. (law, military) A court where cases of military law are heard.
2. (law, military) A trial before such a tribunal.

Related terms

• drumhead court-martial
• general court-martial
• special court-martial
• summary court-martial

Translations

court; council of war

• Afrikaans: krygsgereg sg, krygsraad sg
• Basque: gerra-kontseilu sg, gorte martzial, auzitegi militarra
• Bulgarian: военен съд m (voenen sǎd)
• Catalan: cort marcial f, tribunal militar m, consell de guerra m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍事法庭／军事法庭 (zh) (jūnshì fǎtíng)

• Czech: stanný soud m
• Danish: krigsret c, militær domstol c
• Dutch: krijgsraad (nl) m, krijgsgerecht n, militaire rechtbank f
• Esperanto: militkortumo
• Finnish: sotaoikeus, sotatuomioistuin
• French: cour martiale (fr) f, tribunal militaire (fr) m, conseil de guerre (fr) m
• Galician: consello de guerra m, tribunal militar m
• German: Kriegsgericht (de) n, Kriegsrat (de) m
• Greek: στρατοδικείο (el) n (stratodikeío), (admiralty court) ναυτοδικείο (el) n (naftodikeío)
• Hebrew: בית דין צבאי (he)
• Hungarian: hadbíróság (hu), haditörvényszék (hu)
• Japanese: 軍法会議 (gunpō kaigi)
• Norwegian: krigsrett m, militær domstol m
• Polish: sąd wojskowy m
• Portuguese: corte marcial, tribunal marcial m, conselho de guerra m
• Romanian: curte marțială (ro) f
• Russian: трибуна́л (ru) m (tribunál), вое́нный суд m (vojénnyj sud)
• Spanish: corte marcial f, consejo de guerra m, tribunal militar m
• Swedish: krigsrätt c, militärdomstol c, militärtribunal c
• Tagalog: hukumang-hukbo, hukumang-militar

military trial

• Finnish: sotilasoikeudenkäynti, kenttäoikeudenkäynti
• Russian: трибуна́л (ru) m (tribunál), вое́нный суд m (vojénnyj sud)

Verb

court martial (third-person singular simple present court martials, present participle (US) court martialing or (UK) court martialling, simple past and past participle (US) court martialed or (UK) court martialled)

1. (law, military) To subject to trial in a military court.

Translations

to bring to court martial

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舉行軍事審判／举行军事审判 (jǔxíng jūnshì shěnpàn)

• Finnish: viedä sotaoikeuteen
• French: faire comparaître en cour martiale
• German: vor ein Kriegsgericht bringen, vor das Kriegsgericht stellen
• Hungarian: hadbíróság/haditörvényszék elé állít
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• matriculator