infanterie

See also: Infanterie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French infanterie, from Italian infanteria, from infante (“child; foot soldier, infantryman”), from Latin infans (“infant, child that doesn't speak (yet)”), itself from in- (“un-, not -”) + present participle of fari (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.fɑn.təˈri/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧fan‧te‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

infanterie f (plural infanteries)

1. the infantry, non-mounted troops, notably on land

Synonyms

• voetvolk n

Derived terms

• infanterist m
• infanterie-geweer n
• infanterie-kazerne
• infanterie-officier m
• infanterie-soldaat m
• bezettingsinfanterie
• garnizoensinfanterie
• keurinfanterie
• marine-infanterie
• reserve-infanterie

Related terms

• infant, infante m or f

Descendants

• → Indonesian: infanteri

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian infanteria and fanteria, from infante (“child”) (cognate with French enfant).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fɑ̃.tʁi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

infanterie f (plural infanteries)

1. infantry
   • 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XLII, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et C^ie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

     Ce que je puis dire, c’est que le choix qu’avait fait ce gentilhomme de la carrière des armes lui avait si bien réussi, qu’en peu d’années, par sa valeur et sa belle conduite, et sans autre appui que son mérite éclatant, il parvint au grade de capitaine d’infanterie, et se vit en passe d’être promu bientôt à celui de mestre de camp.

     What I can say, is that the choice that this gentleman made concerning the career of arms succeeded well for him, that in few years, by his valour and good conduct, and without any support other than his shining merit, he reached the rank of captain of infantry, and saw himself in a position to be soon promoted to that of master of corps.

Related terms

• fantassin

Descendants

• → Dutch: infanterie
• → Romanian: infanterie

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French infanterie.

Noun

infanterie f (uncountable)

1. infantry

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	infanterie	infanteria
genitive-dative	infanterii	infanteriei
vocative	infanterie, infanterio