antipersonnel

See also: anti-personnel

English

Alternative forms

• anti-personnel

Etymology

From anti- +‎ personnel.

Adjective

antipersonnel (not comparable)

1. (military, euphemistic) Designed to kill soldiers.

Synonyms

• AP (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• (military): AP

Translations

designed to kill soldiers

• Arabic: مضاد للأفراد m
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• Belarusian: проціпяхо́тны (procipjaxótny), супрацьпяхо́тны (supracʹpjaxótny)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殺傷的 / 杀伤的 (shāshāng de)

• Czech: protipěchotní
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• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: henkilö- (fi), jalkaväki- (fi)
• French: antipersonnel (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Antipersonen-, Schützenabwehr-, (for short) Personen-, Schützen-
• Hungarian: élőerő elleni
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• Polish: przeciwpiechotny (pl)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: противопехо́тный (ru) (protivopexótnyj)
• Slovak: protipechotný (sk) m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: протипіхо́тний (protypixótnyj)

See also

• armor-piercing / armour-piercing
• anti-tank / antitank

French

Alternative forms

• anti-personnel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ti.pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

antipersonnel (feminine antipersonnel or antipersonnelle, masculine plural antipersonnels or antipersonnel, feminine plural antipersonnels or antipersonnel or antipersonnelles)

1. antipersonnel

   des mines antipersonnel ― antipersonnel mines

Usage notes

• The agreements vary by sources : some indicate the word as invariable, others as agreeing in number but not in gender, and some both in number and gender.

Further reading

• “antipersonnel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012