lieutenant

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

tenente

procurador

lugar-tenente

alferes

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

lieutenant

teniente

Leutnant

luitenant

tenente

tinent

υπολοχαγός

lugarteniente

υποπλοίαρχος

teğmen

Oberleutnant

ανθυπολοχαγός

lloctinent

υποσμηναγός

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/lɛfˈtɛnənt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: 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.