militant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”).
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militant (comparative more militant, superlative most militant)
- Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. [from 15th c.]
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 394:
- The upper tiers of the foreign ministry were quick to embrace a militant policy.
- Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]
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Noun edit
militant (plural militants)
- (obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. [17th–19th c.]
- An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. [from 19th c.]
- 2008, Militants in Pakistan release 250 schoolchildren after taking them hostage, Wikinews:
- Officials in Pakistan have confirmed that at least 250 schoolchildren between 12 and 18 years old and several teachers were taken hostage by at least seven militants inside a high school in Domail.
- (specifically, communism) someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. [from 20th c.]
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Adjective edit
militant m or f (masculine and feminine plural militants)
- a militant
Verb edit
militant
Further reading edit
- “militant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “militant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “militant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “militant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French militant.
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militant (comparative militanter, superlative militantst)
- militant (belligerent, tending to violence, defensive)
Inflection edit
Inflection of militant | ||||
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uninflected | militant | |||
inflected | militante | |||
comparative | militanter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | militant | militanter | het militantst het militantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | militante | militantere | militantste |
n. sing. | militant | militanter | militantste | |
plural | militante | militantere | militantste | |
definite | militante | militantere | militantste | |
partitive | militants | militanters | — |
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militant m (plural militanten)
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French edit
Etymology edit
From militer.
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militant (feminine militante, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantes)
Noun edit
militant m (plural militants)
- an activist, campaigner
- Synonyms: partisan, supporter, supporteur
Usage notes edit
- Unlike in English, the French noun militant can mean any activist or supporter and does not connote an aggressive approach.
Participle edit
militant
Further reading edit
- “militant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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militant (strong nominative masculine singular militanter, comparative militanter, superlative am militantesten)
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mīlitant
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Audio (file)
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militant m (feminine singular militanta, masculine plural militants, feminine plural militantas)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French militant.
Adjective edit
militant m or n (feminine singular militantă, masculine plural militanți, feminine and neuter plural militante)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | militant | militantă | militanți | militante | ||
definite | militantul | militanta | militanții | militantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | militant | militante | militanți | militante | ||
definite | militantului | militantei | militanților | militantelor |
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Adjective edit
militant (comparative militantare, superlative militantast)
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Inflection of militant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | militant | militantare | militantast |
Neuter singular | militant | militantare | militantast |
Plural | militanta | militantare | militantast |
Masculine plural3 | militante | militantare | militantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | militante | militantare | militantaste |
All | militanta | militantare | militantaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |