private first class

English

Etymology

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Noun

private first class (plural privates first class)

1. (US) An enlisted rank in the United States Army, of rank E-3, ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist.
2. (US) An enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, of rank E-2, ranking above a private and below a lance corporal.

Translations

rank between a private and a corporal or specialist

• Albanian: nëntetar m
• Arabic: جُنْدِيّ أَوَّل m (jundiyy ʔawwal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一等兵 (yīděngbīng)

• Czech: svobodník (cs) m
• Finnish: korpraali (fi)
• French: soldat de première classe m, soldat première m
• Japanese: 一等兵 (ittōhei)
• Korean: 일등병(一等兵) (ko) (ildeungbyeong), 일병(一兵) (ko) (ilbyeong)
• Macedonian: разводник m (razvodnik)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} ефре́йтор (ru) m (jefréjtor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра́зводнӣк m, во̀јнӣк m (Bosnia)

  Latin: rázvodnīk (sh) m, vòjnīk (sh) m (Bosnia)

rank between a private and a lance corporal

• Korean: 일등병(一等兵) (ko) (ildeungbyeong)

References

• US Military Ranks and Insignia