A sapper makes only one mistake.
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Sapper
//ˈsæpɚ//
Synonyms for "sapper" (8 found)
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33 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκαπανεύς noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Belarusian
1 entries- сапёр noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Bulgarian
1 entries- сапьо́р noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Catalan
1 entries- sapador noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 工兵 noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Czech
1 entries- ženista noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Danish
1 entries- sappør noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Dutch
1 entries- sappeur noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Finnish
1 entries- pioneeri noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
French
1 entries- sapeur noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Galician
1 entries- zarpador noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
German
1 entries- Sappeur noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Greek
1 entries- σκαπανέας noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Italian
2 entries- geniere noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
- zappatore noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Japanese
1 entries- 工兵 noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Kazakh
1 entries- сапёр noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Korean
1 entries- 공병 noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Macedonian
1 entries- инженерец noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Norman
1 entries- sapeur noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sappør noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Occitan
1 entries- sapaire noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قازمهجی noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
- لغمجی noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Polish
2 entries- saper noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
- saperka noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Portuguese
1 entries- sapador noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Russian
1 entries- сапёр noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Spanish
1 entries- zapador noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Swedish
1 entries- sappör noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Turkish
1 entries- kazmacı noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Ukrainian
1 entries- сапе́р noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Welsh
1 entries- cloddiwr noun (historical or traditional term for "combat engineer")
Sample sentences
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A sapper can only be wrong once.
Source: tatoeba (3519670)
his knowledge of Arabic and freedom from the theories of the ordinary sapper-school enabled him to teach the art of demolition to unlettered Beduin in a quick and ready way.
Source: wiktionary
A vast minefield trapped Ukrainian troops for weeks as infantry sappers slowly cleared an assault route on foot.
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