combatant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French combattant.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/

Noun

combatant (plural combatants)

An armed fighter.
Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.

Translations

armed fighter

Catalan: combatent (ca) m, f
Esperanto: batalanto
German: Kämpfer (de) m, bekämpfen (de), Kombattant (de) m
Latvian: cīnītājs m, cīnītāja f
Norman: combattant m
Persian: رزمنده‎‎ (fa) (razmande)

Portuguese: combatente (pt) m, f
Romanian: combatant (ro) m, combatantă f
Russian: бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc), во́ин (ru) m (vóin)
Spanish: combatiente (es) m, f
Swedish: kombattant (sv) c

Adjective

combatant (comparative more combatant, superlative most combatant)

Contending; disposed to contend.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Middle French

Verb

combatant

present participle of combatre

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