infanteri

Danish

Noun

infanteri n (singular definite infanteriet, not used in plural form)

  1. (military) infantry

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch infanterie, from French infanterie, from Italian infanteria, from infante (“child; foot soldier, infantryman”), from Latin infans (“infant, child that doesn't speak (yet)”), itself from in- (“un-, not -”) + present participle of fari (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪnfanˈtəri]
  • Hyphenation: in‧fan‧tê‧ri

Noun

infantêri (first-person possessive infanteriku, second-person possessive infanterimu, third-person possessive infanterinya)

  1. (military) the infantry, non-mounted troops, notably on land

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin infans, via Spanish infantería.

Noun

infanteri n (definite singular infanteriet, indefinite plural infanteri or infanterier, definite plural infanteria or infanteriene)

  1. (military) infantry

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin infans, via Spanish infantería.

Noun

infanteri n (definite singular infanteriet, indefinite plural infanteri, definite plural infanteria)

  1. (military) infantry

Derived terms

References

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