infantry

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
2. (uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
3. (countable, uncountable) A regiment of infantry.
4. (colloquial, countable, humorous, uncountable) Infants; children.

Conceptos

infantería

regimiento

tercio

de a pie

regimiento de infantería

Sinónimos

the foot

foot

🦶

regiment

foot-soldier

foot soldiers

infantryman

army

foot soldier

unit

foot regiment

foot-soldiers

battalion

cavalry

land forces

line infantry

rifle

shooting

soldier

Traducciones

infanterie

infanterie

fanteria

Infanterie

infantaria

voetvolk

infanteria

piyade

Fußvolk

πεζικό

مشاة

infantry

régiment

infanterieregiment

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɪnfəntɹi/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more.

Oraciones

The column formation was extensively used by Chinese infantry during the Korean War .

Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Australian Army .

Antes de entrar en política, Wilkie era un oficial de infantería en el ejército australiano.

The unit was later renamed to become the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade .

Más tarde, la unidad pasó a llamarse para convertirse en la Brigada de Infantería Royal Países Bajos.