grenadier
English edit
Etymology edit
From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grenadier (plural grenadiers)
- (military) 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.
- (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- (zoology) Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
soldier
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bird
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fish
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grenadier m (plural grenadiers)
- pomegranate tree
- Synonym: (obsolete) migrainier
- (military) grenadier
Further reading edit
- “grenadier” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “grenadier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “grenadier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French grenadier.
Noun edit
grenadier m (plural grenadieri)
Declension edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
grenadier c
- person from Grenada
Usage notes edit
Not to be confused with grenadjär (“grenadier”).
Declension edit
Declension of grenadier | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grenadier | grenadiern | grenadier | grenadierna |
Genitive | grenadiers | grenadierns | grenadiers | grenadiernas |