platoon

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
2. A subdivision of a fire company, led by a captain or lieutenant.
3. A group of self-driving vehicles travelling in a close convoy and communicating electronically with each other.
4. (historical) A group of children in the platoon grouping education system.

Verb

1. To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher
2. To specialize in a particular position or playing style.
3. Of self-driving vehicles: to travel in a close convoy, each vehicle communicating electronically with the others.

Conceptes

seccio militar

Sinònims

squad

company

group

troop

crew

military unit

set

team

battery

🔋

command

contingent

corps

crowd

detachment

division

file

flight

✈️

force

garrison

gathering

host

intersection

knot

🪢

mob

army

pack

party

🥳

personnel

post

regiment

score

sector

side

throng

unit

vanguard

welter

men

number

🔢

band

batch

battalion

body

brigade

bunch

clutch

column

Traduccions

peloton

plotone

Zug

pelotón

pelotão

section

ουλαμός

sección

peloton

askeri müfreze

drappello

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فصيلة

takım

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pləˈtuːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From obsolete French plauton, variant of peloton, from Middle French pelote + -on. Doublet of peloton. Compare pellet.