Sentry

//ˈsɛn.tɹi//

Synonyms for "sentry" (46 found)

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Noun(2 words)
kitelookout

Related words (23)

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9 relation types

More general

2 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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capable of

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

1 entries

is a

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related to

9 entries

Translations

79 translations across 36 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • σκοπός noun (guard)
  • φρουρός noun (guard)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • cãrãuli noun (guard)
  • viglã noun (guard)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • keşikçi noun (guard)
  • qarovulçu noun (guard)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • вартавы́ noun (guard)
  • вартаўні́к noun (guard)
  • карау́льны noun (guard)
  • страж noun (guard)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • карау́л noun (guard)
  • стра́жа noun (guard)
  • часови́ noun (guard)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sentinella noun (guard)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 哨兵 noun (guard)
  • 步哨 noun (guard)

Czech

3 entries
  • hlídka noun (guard)
  • stráž noun (guard)
  • strážný noun (guard)

Danish

2 entries
  • skildvagt noun (guard)
  • vagtpost noun (guard)

Dutch

1 entries
  • schildwacht noun (guard)

Finnish

2 entries
  • vartija noun (guard)
  • vartiomies noun (guard)

French

2 entries
  • sentinelle noun (guard)
  • tourelle noun (watchtower)

Galician

1 entries
  • sentinela noun (guard)

German

4 entries
  • Schildwache noun (guard)
  • Wache noun (guard)
  • Wachposten noun (guard)
  • Wachturm noun (watchtower)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 noun (guard)

Greek

2 entries
  • σκοπός noun (guard)
  • φρουρός noun (guard)

Hindi

1 entries
  • प्रहरी noun (guard)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • یَزَک noun (guard)

Italian

2 entries
  • guardia noun (guard)
  • sentinella noun (guard)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 歩哨 noun (guard)

Korean

1 entries
  • 초병 noun (guard)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ка́раул noun (guard)
  • кара́ула noun (watchtower)
  • набљудува́чница noun (watchtower)
  • стра́жа noun (guard)

Māori

3 entries
  • kaimataara noun (guard)
  • kaimatira noun (guard)
  • matira noun (guard)

Navajo

1 entries
  • haʼasídí noun (guard)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • نوبت noun (guard)

Polish

1 entries
  • strażnik noun (guard)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • sentinela noun (guard)

Romanian

4 entries
  • caraulă noun (guard)
  • santinelă noun (guard)
  • strajă noun (guard)
  • străjer noun (guard)

Russian

4 entries
  • дежу́рный noun (guard)
  • карау́льный noun (guard)
  • страж noun (guard)
  • часово́й noun (guard)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dežurni noun (guard)
  • stràžār noun (guard)
  • strȃža noun (guard)
  • дежурни noun (guard)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • guardia noun (guard)
  • vardia noun (guard)

Spanish

1 entries
  • torreón noun (watchtower)

Swedish

1 entries
  • vaktpost noun (guard)

Turkish

2 entries
  • gözcü noun (guard)
  • nöbetçi noun (guard)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вартови́й noun (guard)
  • вартови́к noun (guard)
  • карау́льний noun (guard)
  • стра́жа noun (guard)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwarchodwr noun (guard)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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The sentry demanded the password from everyone.

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He was a brave sentry.

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The brave sentry thinks it's funny that most Spanish 3rd-person-sentences have six possible ways of being translated to German.

Source: tatoeba (792012)

He's on sentry duty.

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