A captain is above a sergeant.
Source: tatoeba (275549)
Sergeant
//ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt//
Synonyms for "sergeant" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
Related word relations
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6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
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4 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
89 translations across 64 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sersant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Albanian
1 entries- rreshter noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Arabic
2 entries- رَقِيب noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- عَرِيف noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Armenian
1 entries- սերժանտ noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- serjant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- çavuş noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Belarusian
1 entries- сяржа́нт noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Bengali
1 entries- সার্জেণ্ট noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сержа́нт noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Burmese
2 entries- စာသင် noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- ဆာဂျင် noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Catalan
1 entries- sergent noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 沙展 noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 警官 noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- 警曹 noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- 警長 /警长 noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- 軍士 /军士 noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Czech
1 entries- četař noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Danish
1 entries- sergent noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Dutch
1 entries- sergeant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Esperanto
1 entries- serĝento noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Estonian
1 entries- seersant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Finnish
1 entries- kersantti noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
French
1 entries- sergent noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Galician
1 entries- sarxento noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Georgian
1 entries- სერჟანტი noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
German
2 entries- Feldwebel noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- Stabsunteroffizier noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Greek
2 entries- αρχιφύλακας noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- λοχίας noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Hebrew
1 entries- סָמַל noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Hindi
4 entries- जमादार noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- दफादार noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- सारजंट noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- सार्जंट noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Hungarian
2 entries- szakaszvezető noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- őrmester noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Icelandic
1 entries- liðþjálfi noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Indonesian
1 entries- sersan noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Irish
1 entries- sáirsint noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Italian
1 entries- sergente noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Japanese
1 entries- 軍曹 noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Juba Arabic
1 entries- ragiib noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Kazakh
1 entries- сержант noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Korean
1 entries- 중사 noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сержант noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Latvian
1 entries- seržants noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Lithuanian
1 entries- seržantas noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Macedonian
2 entries- водник noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- наредник noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Malay
1 entries- sarjan noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Mongolian
1 entries- түрүүч noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Māori
2 entries- haihana noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- tāriana noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Norman
1 entries- sèrgent noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sersjant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sersjant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Persian
1 entries- گروهبان noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Polish
1 entries- sierżant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Portuguese
1 entries- sargento noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Romanian
1 entries- sergent noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Russian
1 entries- сержа́нт noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- narednica noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- narednik noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- vȍdnīk noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- во̏днӣк noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Slovak
1 entries- čatár noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Slovene
2 entries- vódnica noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- vódnik noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Spanish
1 entries- sargento noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Swahili
1 entries- sajini noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Swedish
1 entries- sergeant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Tajik
2 entries- гурӯҳбон noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- сержант noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Thai
2 entries- จ่า noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
- สิบเอก noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Turkish
1 entries- çavuş noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Turkmen
1 entries- seržant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сержа́нт noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Urdu
1 entries- سارجنٹ noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Uzbek
1 entries- serjant noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trung sĩ noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Yiddish
1 entries- סערזשאַנט noun (noncommissioned officer rank)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He rose to the rank of sergeant.
Source: tatoeba (299415)
The sergeant ordered the private to do push ups.
Source: tatoeba (681660)
The father had met the sergeant last year.
Source: tatoeba (830493)
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