field marshal

English

Etymology

From field +‎ marshal, calque of German Feldmarschall or its source, Middle French maréchal de camp.

Noun

field marshal (plural field marshals)

1. (military) In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now essentially disused.

Translations

highest military rank after the commander in chief

• Afrikaans: field marshall
• Arabic: مُشِير‎ (ar) m (mušīr)
• Belarusian: фельдма́ршал m (fjelʹdmáršal)
• Bulgarian: фелдмаршал m (feldmaršal)
• Catalan: mariscal de camp m
• Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏂᏱᏍᎩ (didaniyisgi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陸軍元帥, 陆军元帅 (lùjūn yuánshuài), 元帥 (zh), 元帅 (zh) (yuánshuài), 司令 (zh) (sīlìng)

• Czech: polní maršál (cs) m, feldmaršál m, polní maršálek m, feldmaršálek (cs) m
• Danish: feltmarskal c
• Dutch: veldmaarschalk (nl) m
• Estonian: armeekindral, armee ülemjuhataja
• Finnish: kenttämarsalkka
• French: maréchal (fr) m, maréchal de camp (fr) m
• Georgian: ფელდმარშალი (peldmaršali)
• German: Feldmarschall (de) m
• Greek: στρατάρχης (el) m (stratárchis)
• Hebrew: פִילְדְמַרְשָׁל‎ m (fildmarshál), פֶלְדְמַרְשָׁל‎ m (feldmarshál)
• Hindi: फील्ड मार्शल m (phīlḍ mārśal)
• Hungarian: tábornagy (hu)
• Icelandic: sviði marshal m
• Irish: marascal machaire m
• Italian: feldmaresciallo m, maresciallo di campo m
• Japanese: 陸軍元帥 (りくぐんげんすい, rikugun gensui), 元帥 (ja) (げんすい, gensui)
• Kazakh: фельдмаршал (felʹdmarşal)

• Korean: 원수님 (ko) (wonsunim)
• Kyrgyz: фельдмаршал (ky) (felʹdmarşal)
• Lao: ແມ່ທັບ (lo) (mǣ thap)
• Macedonian: фелдмаршал m (feldmaršal)
• Malay: fil marsyal
• Maori: ariki whawhai
• Norwegian: feltmarskalk m
• Persian: فیلد مارشال‎ (fild mâršâl)
• Polish: feldmarszałek (pl) m, marszałek polny (pl) m
• Portuguese: marechal de campo (pt) m
• Romanian: feldmareșal (ro) m
• Russian: фельдма́ршал (ru) m (felʹdmáršal)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фе̏лдмарша̄л m

  Roman: fȅldmaršāl (sh) m

• Slovak: poľný maršal m
• Slovene: feldmaršal m
• Spanish: mariscal de campo m
• Swedish: fältmarskalk c
• Tamil: படைத்துறை உயர் தளபதி (paṭaittuṟai uyar taḷapati)
• Thai: จอมพล (th) (jɔɔm-pon)
• Ukrainian: фельдма́ршал m (felʹdmáršal)
• Uzbek: felʼdmarshal
• Vietnamese: thống soái (vi), thống tướng (vi), thống chế (vi)
• Welsh: cadlywydd maes m

Further reading

• field marshal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia