grenadier

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡrɛnəˈdɪə/

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 rat-tail.

Translations

soldier

Finnish: krenatööri (fi)

Swedish: grenadjär (sv) c.

bird

Finnish: piispa (fi) (bishop), sinipeippo (fi) (grenadier)

fish

Finnish: lestikala (fi)

Anagrams

• rereading

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French

Etymology

From grenade.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡʀənadje/

Noun

grenadier m. (plural grenadiers)

1. pomegranate tree
2. (military) grenadier

Anagrams

• dénigrera

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

grenadier m. (definite singular grenadieren; indefinite plural grenadiere; definite plural grenadierne)

1. Person from Grenada

Related terms

• Grenada
• grenadisk