grenadier

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French grenadier, corresponding to grenade +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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 rattail.

Translations

soldier

• Bulgarian: гренадир m (grenadir)
• Czech: granátník m
• Finnish: krenatööri (fi)
• French: grenadier (fr) m
• German: Granatier, Granatierer, Grenadier (de)
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• Greek: γρεναδιέρος (el) m (grenadiéros)
• Japanese: 擲弾兵 (てきだんへい, tekidanhei)
• Portuguese: granadeiro (pt) m
• Russian: гренаде́р (ru) m (grenadér)
• Swedish: grenadjär (sv) c

bird

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

• Bulgarian: миша опашка f (miša opaška)
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• Finnish: lestikala

Anagrams

• rereading

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French

Etymology

grenade +‎ -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁə.na.dje/

• Audio:

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Noun

grenadier m (plural grenadiers)

1. pomegranate tree
2. (military) grenadier

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dénigrera

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne)

1. a Grenadian (person from Grenada)

Related terms

• Grenada
• grenadisk

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Swedish

Noun

grenadier c

1. person from Grenada

Declension

Declension of grenadier
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	grenadier	grenadiern	grenadier	grenadierna
Genitive	grenadiers	grenadierns	grenadiers	grenadiernas

Related terms

• Grenada
• grenadisk
• grenadiska

Anagrams

• girerande