grenadier
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
grenadier (plural grenadiers)
- 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.
- Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
Translations
soldier
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bird
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fish
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁə.na.dje/
Noun
grenadier m (plural grenadiers)
- pomegranate tree
- (military) grenadier
Further reading
- “grenadier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)
Related terms
Swedish
Noun
grenadier c
- person from Grenada
Declension
| Declension of grenadier | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | grenadier | grenadiern | grenadier | grenadierna |
| Genitive | grenadiers | grenadierns | grenadiers | grenadiernas |
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