Feminine

Brigade

Meaning

  1. (feminine) brigade, military unit
  2. (East, Germany, feminine) the smallest work-group in an industrial plant

Concepts

Translations

Frequency

C2
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from French brigade, from Italian brigata. Application to industrial work groups was influenced by Russian брига́да (brigáda) (itself a borrowing of this term).

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