different between grenadier vs rattail

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

rat +? tail

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?r?t-?t?l, IPA^(key): /??æt.te?l/

Noun

rattail (plural rattails)

1. Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.

   Synonyms: grenadier, macrourid, whiptail

2. A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head.

Hypernyms

• tail (structural)

Translations

Further reading

• rattail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macrouridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Macrouridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons