lieutenant

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (US) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
2. (US) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
3. (US) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
4. (UK) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
5. (UK) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
6. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
7. A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.
8. The second-in-command (2IC) of a group.

Adj

A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.

Conceptes

tinent

lloctinent

sotstinent

tinenta

Sinònims

deputy

first lieutenant

subaltern

police lieutenant

major

colonel

commander

delegate

exponent

flying officer

general

inspector

luff

mate

🧉

mouth

platoon leader

procurator

representative

second lieutenant

spokesman

spokeswoman

voice

lieutenant junior grade

Lieut.

Lt.

looey

adjunct

1st lieutenant

agent

assistant

business agent

captain

Traduccions

lieutenant

teniente

luitenant

Leutnant

tenente

tenente

υπολοχαγός

teğmen

lugarteniente

υποπλοίαρχος

ανθυπολοχαγός

Oberleutnant

υποσμηναγός

plaatsvervanger

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/lɛfˈtɛnənt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lieutenant

In summary

From Middle English lieutenant, lieftenaunt, from Anglo-Norman lieutenant, lyutenaunt, leu tenant, leu tenaunt (“deputy, lieutenant”), from Old French lieu (“place”) + tenant (“holder”). Doublet of locum tenens.