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Meaning of infantry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈɪnfəntɹi

Definitions

  1. Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
    countable, uncountable
  2. Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne)
  3. (the part of an army consisting of) foot-soldiers. The infantry was/were sent on ahead, with the artillery following in the rear. infanterie مُشاه пехора infantaria pěchota die Infanterie infanteri; fodfolk πεζικόinfantería jalavägi پیاده نظام jalkaväki infanterie חֵיל-רַגלִים पैदल सेना pješadija gyalogság infanteri fótgöngulið fanteria 歩兵 보병 pėstininkai kājnieki infantri infanterieinfanteripiechota پياده نظام infantaria infanterie пехота pechota pehota pešadija infanteri ทหารราบ piyade 步兵 пі...
  4. The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
    uncountable
  5. The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops
  6. The branch of an army made up of units trained to fight on foot.
  7. A regiment of infantry.
    countable, uncountable
  8. (Can we verify this sense?) A regiment of infantry
  9. Soldiers armed and trained to fight on foot: The general ordered his infantry to attack.
  10. Infants; children.
    colloquial, countable, humorous, uncountable
  11. Infants; children
  12. A unit, such as a regiment, of such soldiers: Company B of the 7th Infantry.
  13. (Military) a. soldiers or units of soldiers who fight on foot with small arms
  14. soldiers or military units that fight on foot.
  15. a branch of an army composed of such soldiers.
  16. n (Mil) → Infanterie f, → Fußtruppe f (Hist)
    n

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca piyada
Bosanski пешадија
Català infanteria
Čeština pěchota
Ελληνικά πεζικό
Esperanto infanterio
Eesti jalavägi
Suomi jalkaväki
Gàidhlig coisridh
हिन्दी पाजी प्यादा
Hrvatski пешадија
Magyar gyalogság
Bahasa Indonesia infanteri
Italiano fanteria
日本語 普通科 歩兵
ქართული ქვეითი
한국어 보병
Kurdî piyade
Latina peditatus
Lietuvių pėstininkai
Latviešu kājnieki
Македонски пешадија
മലയാളം കാലാൾ
Polski piechotą
Português infantaria
Română infanterie
Slovenčina pechota
Српски пешадија
తెలుగు పదాతిబలము
Türkçe piyade
Українська піхота
Tiếng Việt bộ binh

Examples

“The next summer there was a crop of blackberries in the woods. I took wife and babies, supplied with lunch and horse feed; […] Wife took command of the infantry and I of the transportation. We were both soon calling loudly for assistance.”

CEFR level

C2
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