soldato

See also: Soldato

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s

Proto-Italic *soliðos

Latin (nummus) solidus

Latin soldus

Italian soldo

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Italian -are

Italian soldare

Italian -ato

Italian soldatobor.

English soldato

Borrowed from Italian soldato (“soldier”).

Noun

soldato

1. A member of the lowest tier of the Italian Mafia.

Esperanto

Etymology

From French soldat, German Soldat, Italian soldato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /solˈdato/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: sol‧da‧to

Noun

soldato (accusative singular soldaton, plural soldatoj, accusative plural soldatojn)

1. (military) soldier

   Synonyms: militisto, armeisto

   Unu soldato militon ne faras.

   One soldier does not make a war.

   (Esperanto proverb)

Derived terms

• dungosoldato
• infansoldato
• lusoldato
• rajdsoldato
• soldatejo
• soldatigi
• soldatiĝi

Further reading

• “soldato”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “soldato”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto soldato, French soldat, German Soldat, Italian soldato, Russian солда́т (soldát), Spanish soldado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /solˈdato/
• Rhymes: -ato

Noun

soldato (plural soldati)

1. (military) soldier, trooper, private

Interlingua

Noun

soldato (plural soldatos)

1. soldier, private

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s

Proto-Italic *soliðos

Latin (nummus) solidus

Latin soldus

Italian soldo

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Italian -are

Italian soldare

Italian -ato

Italian soldato

Past participle of the archaic verb soldare (“to pay a soldier or military member”), from soldo (“money, military pay”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese soldado, French soldat, Romansh schuldà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /solˈda.to/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: sol‧dà‧to

Noun

soldato m (plural soldati, feminine soldata)

1. soldier

Derived terms

• bambino soldato

Descendants

• → Belarusian: салдат (saldat)
• → Catalan: soldat
• → German: Soldat
• → Middle French: soldat (see there for further descendants)
• → Occitan: soldat
• → Russian: солдат (soldat) (see there for further descendants)
• → Ukrainian: солдат (soldat)
• → Yiddish: סאָלדאַט (soldat)
• → Mirandese: suldado (calque)
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: soldado (calque)
  • Fala: soldado
  • Galician: soldado
  • Portuguese: soldado
• → Ottoman Turkish: سولتات (soltat)
• → Spanish: soldado (calque) (see there for further descendants)