militaire
English edit
Etymology edit
From French militaire. Doublet of military.
Noun edit
militaire (plural militaires)
- A military man; a soldier.
- 1999, John Harmon McElroy, editor, The Sacrificial Years: A Chronicle of Walt Whitman's Experiences in the Civil War, page 29:
- There hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is very quiet regarding it when you desire him to unbosom. I am continually lost at the absence of blowing and blowers among these old-young American militaires.
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Adjective edit
militaire
- inflection of militair:
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French militaire, borrowed from Latin mīlitāris.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
militaire (plural militaires)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
militaire m (plural militaires)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Alemannic German: Militäär
- → Danish: militær
- → English: militaire
- → Estonian: militaar
- → German: Militär
- → Latvian: militārs
- → Norwegian: militær
- → Romanian: militar
- → Swedish: militär
- → West Frisian: militêr
- → Yiddish: מיליטער (militer)
Further reading edit
- “militaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris.
Adjective edit
militaire m or f (plural militaires)