grenadier

English

A Grenadier (sense 1).

Etymology

From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

grenadier (plural grenadiers)

  2. (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.
  3. (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  4. (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.
  5. (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.

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French

Etymology

    From grenade +‎ -ier.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    grenadier m (plural grenadiers)

    1. pomegranate tree
      Synonym: (obsolete) migrainier
    2. (military) grenadier

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    Norwegian Bokmål

    Noun

    grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)

    1. a Grenadian (person from Grenada)

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Italian pom granatbor.
    Old French pomme grenateclip.
    Old French grenate
    French grenade
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-os?
    Proto-Indo-European *-o-
    Proto-Indo-European *-so-
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
    Proto-Indo-European *-yós
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós
    Proto-Italic *-āsijos
    Proto-Italic *-āsios
    Latin -āriusnom.
    Latin -ārius
    Old French -ier
    Middle French -er
    French -ier
    French grenadierbor.
    Romanian grenadier

      Borrowed from French grenadier.

      Noun

      grenadier m (plural grenadieri)

      1. grenadier

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative grenadier grenadierul grenadieri grenadierii
      genitive-dative grenadier grenadierului grenadieri grenadierilor
      vocative grenadierule grenadierilor

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Grenada +‎ -ier

      Noun

      grenadier c

      1. person from Grenada

      Usage notes

      Not to be confused with grenadjär (“grenadier”).

      Declension

      Declension of grenadier
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite grenadier grenadiers
      definite grenadiern grenadierns
      plural indefinite grenadier grenadiers
      definite grenadierna grenadiernas

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