veteran

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin veterānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɛ.tə.rən/

Noun

veteran (plural veterans)

1. A person with long experience of a particular activity.
2. A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.

Derived terms

• Veterans Day

Translations

person with long experience

Chinese: Mandarin: 经验丰富的人 (zh) Danish: veteran (da) Dutch: veteraan (nl) m. Finnish: veteraani (fi), konkari (fi) Galician: veterano (gl) m. Greek: βετεράνος (el) (veterános) m., παλαίμαχος (el) (palaímachos) m.

Hungarian: obsitos (hu) Italian: veterano (it) Russian: ветеран (ru) m. Spanish: veterano (es) m. Swahili: mkale (sw) Swedish: veteran (sv) c.

old soldier

Chinese: Mandarin: 老兵 (zh) (lǎobīng) Czech: veterán (cs) Danish: veteran (da) Dutch: veteraan (nl) m., oud-strijder (nl) m. Finnish: sotaveteraani, veteraani

Galician: veterano (gl) m. Greek: βετεράνος (el) (veterános) m., παλαίμαχος (el) (palaímachos) m. Navajo: siláołtsooí nilį́į́ ńtʼę́ʼę́ę Russian: ветеран (ru) m. Swahili: mkale (sw) Swedish: veteran (sv) c.

Adjective

veteran (comparative more veteran, superlative most veteran)

1. Having had long experience, practice, or service.
2. Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

Related terms

• inveterate

Translations

with long experience

Chinese: Mandarin: 经验丰富的 (zh) Danish: erfaren (da) Dutch: ervaren (nl)

Galician: veterano (gl) m. Swahili: mkale (sw) Swedish: veteran-, erfaren

related to former members of armed forces

Danish: veteran- (da) Dutch: veteranen- (nl) Galician: veterano (gl) m.

Swahili: mkale (sw) Swedish: veteran-

Anagrams

• aventre, Neretva, Trevena

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Danish

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Etymology

From Latin veteranus (“old, veteran”), from vetus (“aged, ancient, old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vetəraːn/, [vetˢəˈʁɑːˀn]

Noun

veteran c. (singular definite veteranen, plural indefinite veteraner)

1. veteran

Derived terms

• krigsveteran c.
• veteranbane c.
• veteranbil c.
• veteranfly n.
• veteranlokomotiv n.

Inflection

    Inflection of veteran

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	veteran	veteranen	veteraner	veteranerne
genitive	veterans	veteranens	veteraners	veteranernes

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʋetěraːn/
• Hyphenation: ve‧te‧ran

Noun

vetèrān m. (Cyrillic spelling ветѐра̄н)

1. veteran

Declension

    declension of veteran

	singular	plural
nominative	vetèrān	veterani
genitive	veterána	veterana
dative	veteranu	veteranima
accusative	veterana	veterane
vocative	veterane	veterani
locative	veteranu	veteranima
instrumental	veteranom	veteranima

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Swedish

Noun

veteran c.

1. a veteran; a former member of armed forces
2. a veteran, a person with long experience

Declension

Declension of veteran

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	veteran	veteranen	veteraner	veteranerna
genitive	veterans	veteranens	veteraners	veteranernas

Derived terms

• veteranbil