different between grenadier vs army

English

Etymology

From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade +? -ier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n??d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

grenadier (plural grenadiers)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• rereading

French

Etymology

grenade +? -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.na.dje/

Noun

grenadier m (plural grenadiers)

1. pomegranate tree
2. (military) grenadier

Further reading

• “grenadier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dénigrera

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)

1. a Grenadian (person from Grenada)

Related terms

• Grenada
• grenadisk

Swedish

Noun

grenadier c

1. person from Grenada

Declension

Related terms

• Grenada
• grenadisk
• grenadiska

Anagrams

• girerande

English

Etymology

From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin arm?ta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin arm?re (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to join, fit together”).Doublet of armada. Displaced native Middle English heere, here, from Old English here.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ä'm?, IPA^(key): /???.mi?/
• (General American) enPR: är'm?, IPA^(key): /???.mi/
• Rhymes: -??(?)mi

Noun

army (plural armies)

1. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
   1. Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.

   2. (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).

2. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

3. (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
4. (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.

5. (figuratively) Any multitude.

Synonyms

• host
• here
• ferd

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• navy
• Air Force
• Marines

Anagrams

• Mary, Mayr, Myra, Yarm, mary, yarm