grenadier

English

A Grenadier (sense 1).

Etymology

From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

grenadier (plural grenadiers)

  1. (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.
  2. (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  3. (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.
  4. (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.

Derived terms

Translations

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French

Etymology

From grenade + -ier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁə.na.dje/
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Noun

grenadier m (plural grenadiers)

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

Further reading

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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

Borrowed from French grenadier.

Noun

grenadier m (plural grenadieri)

  1. grenadier

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Grenada + -ier

Noun

grenadier c

  1. person from Grenada

Usage notes

Not to be confused with grenadjär (grenadier).

Declension

Declension of grenadier 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grenadier grenadiern grenadier grenadierna
Genitive grenadiers grenadierns grenadiers grenadiernas

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