platoon

English

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Etymology

From obsolete French plauton, variant of peloton, from Middle French pelote + -on. Compare pellet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pləˈtuːn/

Noun

platoon (plural platoons)

1. (military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.

Translations

unit of 30-40 soldiers

• Arabic: فصيلة عسكرية (ar) (faSiila 3askaríyya) f, فصيلة (ar) (faSiila) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 排

  Mandarin: 排 (cmn) (pái), 分隊 (cmn), 分队 (cmn) (fēnduì)

• Czech: četa (cs) f
• Danish: deling (da) c
• Finnish: joukkue (fi)
• French: peloton (fr) m

• German: Zug (de) m, Kolonne (de) f
• Hungarian: szakasz (hu)
• Italian: plotone (it)
• Japanese: 小隊 (ja) (しょうたい, shōtai)
• Khmer: កងអនុសេនាតូច (km) (kong anu sena toch)
• Macedonian: вод (mk) (vod) m, чета (mk) (čéta) f
• Portuguese: pelotão (pt)
• Russian: взвод (ru) (vzvod) m

Verb

platoon (third-person singular simple present platoons, present participle platooning, simple past and past participle platooned)

1. (baseball) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher

   Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon.

See also

• platoon system