brigadier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigadier. Equivalent to brigade +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

brigadier (plural brigadiers)

1. (military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
2. (military, Britain) the highest field officer grade, below general officers, NATO grade O7

Synonyms

• brigadier general
• senior colonel

Coordinate terms

• commodore

Translations

an army rank

• Bashkir: бригадир (brigadir)
• Catalan: brigadier m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 准將 (zh), 准将 (zh) (zhǔnjiàng)

• Dutch: brigadegeneraal (nl) m
• Finnish: prikaatinkomentaja, prikaatinkenraali (fi)
• French: brigadier (fr) m, brigadière (fr) f
• Greek: ταξίαρχος (el) m (taxíarchos)
• Hindi: ब्रिगेडियर (hi) m (brigeḍiyar)
• Hungarian: dandártábornok (hu)
• Italian: brigadiere (it) m, brigadiere generale m
• Japanese: 准将 (ja) (じゅんしょう, junshō)
• Kazakh: бригадир (brïgadïr)

• Kyrgyz: бригадир (ky) (brigadir)
• Malay: brigedier
• Maori: pirikitia
• Marathi: ब्रिगेडियर m (brigeḍiyar)
• Polish: brygadier (pl) m
• Portuguese: brigadeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: brigadier (ro) m, brigadieră (ro) f
• Russian: бригади́р (ru) m (brigadír), брига́дный генера́л m (brigádnyj generál) (US army, "brigadier general")
• Serbo-Croatian: brigadir (sh) m, brigàdīrka (sh) f
• Slovene: brigadir m, brigadirka f
• Spanish: brigadier m
• Ukrainian: бригадир (uk) m (bryhadyr)

See also

• commodore admiral
• rear admiral (lower half)
• senior captain
• fleet captain

References

• “brigadier” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Further reading

• brigadier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• air bridge, airbridge

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigadier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.ɣaːˈdiːr/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: bri‧ga‧dier
• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

brigadier m (plural brigadiers)

1. constable (police officer of some seniority)
2. (historical) brigadier, corporal, or a colonel in charge of a brigade

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French

Etymology

brigade +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.ɡa.dje/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

brigadier m (plural brigadiers, feminine brigadière)

1. brigadier (military)

Derived terms

• bricard
• brigadier-chef
• brigadier-général
• brigadier scolaire
• sous-brigadier

Further reading

• “brigadier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigadier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri.ɡa.diˈer/

Noun

brigadier m (plural brigadieri, feminine equivalent brigadieră)

1. brigadier (military)
2. forester (forestry)
3. (dated) brigadier general

Declension

Declension of brigadier

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) brigadier	brigadierul	(niște) brigadieri	brigadierii
genitive/dative	(unui) brigadier	brigadierului	(unor) brigadieri	brigadierilor
vocative	brigadierule		brigadierilor

Synonyms

• (forester): brigadier silvic, brigadier forestier
• (brigadier general): general de brigadă

Related terms

• brigadă

References

• brigadier in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Spanish

Noun

brigadier m (plural brigadieres)

1. brigadier