Lieutenant

//l(j)uˈtɛn.ənt//

Synonyms for "lieutenant" (176 found)

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Noun(3 words)
deputylieutlieut.

Related words (88)

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Related terms

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Translations

105 translations across 56 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • luitenant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Albanian

1 entries
  • toger noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὕπαρχος noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُلَازِم noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Armenian

1 entries
  • լեյտենանտ noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • лейтэна́нт noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • лейтена́нт noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဗိုလ် noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Catalan

4 entries
  • tinent adj (military grade)
  • lloctinent noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • lloctinent noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)
  • lloctinent noun (the second-in-command of a group)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 中尉 noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • 二把手 noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)
  • 副官 noun (the second-in-command of a group)
  • 陸軍中尉 /陆军中尉 noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Czech

1 entries
  • poručík noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Danish

1 entries
  • løjtnant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Dutch

1 entries
  • luitenant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • leŭtenanto noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Estonian

1 entries
  • leitnant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Finnish

3 entries
  • luutnantti adj (military grade)
  • luutnantti noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • luutnantti noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)

French

4 entries
  • lieutenant adj (military grade)
  • lieutenant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • lieutenant noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)
  • lieutenante noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Galician

1 entries
  • tenente noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ლეიტენანტი noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

German

4 entries
  • Leutnant adj (military grade)
  • Gehilfe noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)
  • Leutnant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • Leutnantin noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανθυπολοχαγός noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • ανθυποπλοίαρχος noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • ανθυποσμηναγός noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • πρωτοπαλίκαρο noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סגן noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)

Hindi

1 entries
  • लेफ़्टिनेंट noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • al adj (military grade)
  • al noun (the second-in-command of a group)
  • hadnagy noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • helyettes noun (the second-in-command of a group)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • letnan adj (military grade)
  • letnan noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Irish

1 entries
  • leifteanant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Italian

1 entries
  • tenente noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 中尉 noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • 副官 noun (the second-in-command of a group)
  • 少尉 noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • 海軍大尉 noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អនុនាវីទោ noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Korean

1 entries
  • 중위 noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຮ້ອຍໂທ noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • поручник noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Malay

1 entries
  • leftenan noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Māori

1 entries
  • rūtene noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • løytnant adj (military grade)
  • løytnant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • løytnant adj (military grade)
  • løytnant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • ملازم noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • وكیل noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • وكیل noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)

Persian

1 entries
  • ستوان noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Polish

1 entries
  • porucznik noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • procurador noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)
  • tenente noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Romanian

2 entries
  • locotenent noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • locțiitor noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)

Romansch

2 entries
  • litinent noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • tenent noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Russian

4 entries
  • замести́тель noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)
  • лейтена́нт noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • по́ру́чник noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • помо́щник noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pòručnīk noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • по̀ручнӣк noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • tinenti noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Slovak

1 entries
  • poručík noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Slovene

3 entries
  • poročnica noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • poročnik noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • pribočnik noun (person who executes the plans and directives of another)

Spanish

3 entries
  • teniente adj (military grade)
  • lugarteniente noun (the second-in-command of a group)
  • teniente noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Swahili

1 entries
  • luteni noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Swedish

1 entries
  • löjtnant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Thai

2 entries
  • นายร้อย noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • เรือโท noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Turkish

1 entries
  • teğmen noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • лейтена́нт noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • kapitan-leytenant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)
  • leytenant noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • trung úy noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • לייטענאַנט noun (lowest commissioned officer rank)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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He was demoted to the rank of lieutenant.

Source: tatoeba (678274)

Lieutenant Worf is a Klingon who serves as an officer aboard the Federation starship Enterprise.

Source: tatoeba (1119486)

I was a second lieutenant in the special forces.

Source: tatoeba (2488241)

Everybody feared the lieutenant colonel.

Source: tatoeba (2488260)

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