soldat

See also: soldât, sołdat, and Soldat

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /solˈdat/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /sulˈdat/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -at

Noun

soldat m (plural soldats)

1. soldier

Verb

soldat m (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldats, feminine plural soldades)

1. past participle of soldar

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Danish

Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”), related to soldo (“penny, cent, money”).

Noun

soldat c (singular definite soldaten, plural indefinite soldater)

1. soldier

Inflection

Declension of soldat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	soldat	soldaten	soldater	soldaterne
genitive	soldats	soldatens	soldaters	soldaternes

Derived terms

• barnesoldat, børnesoldat (“child soldier”)
• FN-soldat

 

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French

Etymology

From Middle French soldat, borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”). Replaced soudard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl.da/

• audio

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Noun

soldat m (plural soldats)

1. soldier

Derived terms

• enfant soldat
• soldatesque

 

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: solda
• → Danish: soldat
• → Luxembourgish: Zaldot
• → Norwegian: soldat
• → Persian: سالدات‎ (sâldât)
• → Plautdietsch: Sol'dot
• → Romanian: soldat
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: со̏лда̄т

  Latin: sȍldāt

• → Swedish: soldat
  • → Northern Sami: soalddát
• → West Frisian: soldaat

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).

Noun

soldat m (plural soldats)

1. soldier

Descendants

• French: soldat (see there for further descendants)
• → Dutch: soldaat
  • Afrikaans: soldaat
    • → Xhosa: isoldathi
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: solati
  • Negerhollands: soldat, soldaet
  • → Indonesian: soldadu, serdadu
    • → Petjo: serdadoe, soldadoe
  • → Papiamentu: sòldat, soldaat
  • → Saramaccan: sodáti
  • → Sranan Tongo: srudati
    • → Aukan: suudati

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”)

Noun

soldat m (definite singular soldaten, indefinite plural soldater, definite plural soldatene)

1. soldier (member of an army)
2. soldier (member of the Salvation Army)

Derived terms

• barnesoldat
• fallskjermsoldat
• geriljasoldat

• kommandosoldat
• leiesoldat

References

• “soldat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”)

Noun

soldat m (definite singular soldaten, indefinite plural soldatar, definite plural soldatane)

1. soldier (member of an army)
2. soldier (member of the Salvation Army)

Derived terms

• barnesoldat
• fallskjermsoldat
• geriljasoldat
• kommandosoldat

References

• “soldat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French soldat, German Soldat, from Italian soldato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [solˈdat]

Noun

soldat m (plural soldați)

1. soldier

Declension

Declension of soldat

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) soldat	soldatul	(niște) soldati	soldatii
genitive/dative	(unui) soldat	soldatului	(unor) soldati	soldatilor
vocative	soldatule, soldate		soldatilor

Synonyms

• ostaș
• militar

References

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French soldat.

Noun

sȍldāt m (Cyrillic spelling со̏лда̄т)

1. (archaic) soldier

Declension

Declension of soldat

	singular	plural
nominative	soldat	soldati
genitive	soldata	soldata
dative	soldatu	soldatima
accusative	soldata	soldate
vocative	soldate	soldati
locative	soldatu	soldatima
instrumental	soldatom	soldatima

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

soldat c

1. soldier

Declension

Declension of soldat
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	soldat	soldaten	soldater	soldaterna
Genitive	soldats	soldatens	soldaters	soldaternas

Derived terms

• barnsoldat
• marinsoldat

Anagrams

• lotsad, odlats, saldot

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Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian солда́т (soldát), from Italian soldato.

Noun

soldat (plural soldatlar)

1. (military) soldier

   Synonym: askar

Declension

Declension of soldat

	singular	plural
nominative	soldat	soldatlar
genitive	soldatning	soldatlarning
dative	soldatga	soldatlarga
definite accusative	soldatni	soldatlarni
locative	soldatda	soldatlarda
ablative	soldatdan	soldatlardan

Possessive forms of soldat

my	singular	plural
nominative	soldatim	soldatlarim
genitive	soldatimning	soldatlarimning
dative	soldatimga	soldatlarimga
definite accusative	soldatimni	soldatlarimni
locative	soldatimda	soldatlarimda
ablative	soldatimdan	soldatlarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	soldating	soldatlaring
genitive	soldatingning	soldatlaringning
dative	soldatingga	soldatlaringga
definite accusative	soldatingni	soldatlaringni
locative	soldatingda	soldatlaringda
ablative	soldatingdan	soldatlaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	soldati	soldatlari
genitive	soldatining	soldatlarining
dative	soldatiga	soldatlariga
definite accusative	soldatini	soldatlarini
locative	soldatida	soldatlarida
ablative	soldatidan	soldatlaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	soldatimiz	soldatlarimiz
genitive	soldatimizning	soldatlarimizning
dative	soldatimizga	soldatlarimizga
definite accusative	soldatimizni	soldatlarimizni
locative	soldatimizda	soldatlarimizda
ablative	soldatimizdan	soldatlarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	soldatingiz	soldatlaringiz
genitive	soldatingizning	soldatlaringizning
dative	soldatingizga	soldatlaringizga
definite accusative	soldatingizni	soldatlaringizni
locative	soldatingizda	soldatlaringizda
ablative	soldatingizdan	soldatlaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	soldati	soldatlari
genitive	soldatining	soldatlarining
dative	soldatiga	soldatlariga
definite accusative	soldatini	soldatlarini
locative	soldatida	soldatlarida
ablative	soldatidan	soldatlaridan

Related terms

• soldatcha
• soldatlik