# militar
## English
### Adjective

militar (comparative more militar, superlative most militar)
* Obsolete form of military.
** 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:the soldiery and militar forces of the realm

### Noun

militar
* Obsolete form of military.

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miliˈtaɾ/ [mi.liˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mi‧li‧tar

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

#### Adjective

militar (epicene, plural militares)
* military (characteristics of members of the armed forces)

#### Noun

militar m or f (plural militares)
* soldier

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāre.

#### Verb

militar (first-person singular indicative present milito, past participle militáu)
* to participate in a political group or movement

##### Conjugation
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish militar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miliˈtaɾ/ [mi.l̪iˈtaɾ]
* Hyphenation: mi‧li‧tar

### Adjective

militár (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜍ᜔)
* military
    Synonym: panghukbo

### Noun

militár (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜍ᜔)
* military
    Synonym: hukbo
* soldier
    Synonym: soldado

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mi.liˈtar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [mi.liˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mi.liˈtaɾ]

#### Adjective

militar m or f (masculine and feminine plural militars)
* military

##### Derived terms

* militarisme
* militaritzar
* militarment
* paramilitar

#### Noun

militar m or f by sense (plural militars)
* soldier

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāre.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mi.liˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mi.liˈtaɾ]

#### Verb

militar (first-person singular present milito, first-person singular preterite milití, past participle militat) (intransitive)
* to serve in the army
* to participate actively (in a political party or movement)

##### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “militar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “militar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “militar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “militar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miliˈtaɾ/ [mi.liˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: mi‧li‧tar

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

#### Adjective

militar m or f (plural militares)
* military (characteristics of members of the armed forces)

##### Derived terms

* militarizar
* paramilitar

#### Noun

militar m or f by sense (plural militares)
* soldier
    Synonym: soldado

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish mīlitāre.

#### Verb

militar (first-person singular present milito, first-person singular preterite militei, past participle militado)
* to participate in a political group or movement

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “militar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “militar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Adjective

militar (not comparable)
* military

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian militare. Doublet of militari.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɪ.lɪˈtaːr/

### Noun

militar m (plural militari)
* military
** 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Wieħed mill-ġirien, ċertu Ċikku Sinagra, raġel pulit u fuq tiegħu donnu xi ex-surġent tal-militar, kien iħobb joqgħod jippassiġġa tul it-triq kollha.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* ddemilitarizza
* demilitarizzazzjoni
* militanti
* militari
* militarist
* militariżmu
* militarizzazzjoni
* milizzja
* mmilitarizza

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

militar m (feminine singular militara, masculine plural militars, feminine plural militaras)
* military

#### Derived terms

* militarizar
* paramilitar

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [mi.liˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [mi.liˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mi.liˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [mi.liˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mi.liˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɨ.liˈtaɾ/, (proscribed) /mi.liˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɨ.liˈtaɾ/, (proscribed) /mi.liˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɨ.liˈta.ɾi/, (proscribed) /mi.liˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: mi‧li‧tar

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin militāris.

#### Adjective

militar m or f (plural militares)
* military (relating to war or armed forces)

##### Derived terms

* militarismo
* militarista
* paramilitar

#### Noun

militar m or f by sense (plural militares)
* a member of the military or of a military government; military serviceman

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin mīlitāre.

#### Verb

militar (first-person singular present milito, first-person singular preterite militei, past participle militado)
* to militate

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Related terms

* militância
* militante

### Further reading

* “militar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “militar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French militaire, Latin militaris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [solˈdat]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

militar m (plural militari)
* soldier
    Synonyms: ostaș, soldat

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miliˈtaɾ/ [mi.liˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mi‧li‧tar

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

#### Adjective

militar m or f (masculine and feminine plural militares)
* military

##### Derived terms

* colegio militar
* complejo militar industrial
* corte militar
* instrucción militar
* militarismo
* militarista
* militarmente
* orden militar
* paramilitar
* servicio militar
* tribunal militar

#### Noun

militar m or f by sense (plural militares)
* soldier
    Synonyms: soldado, (colloquial) milico
* any person serving in the military
    Synonym: (colloquial) milico

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāre, from mīlitō (“to be a soldier”).

#### Verb

militar (first-person singular present milito, first-person singular preterite milité, past participle militado)
* to participate actively in a political organization, especially in the military

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “militar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish militar, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /miliˈtaɾ/ [mɪ.lɪˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mi‧li‧tar

### Noun

militár (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔)
* soldier; military man
    Synonyms: sundalo, kawal, taong-hukbo

#### Derived terms

* batas militar
* oras militar
* pagsasanay-militar
* pangmilitar

#### Related terms

* milisya
* militante
* militarisasyon
* militarismo
* militarista

#### See also

* kasundaluhan

### Adjective

militár (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔)
* military; of the army
    Synonyms: panghukbo, pangmilitar

### Further reading

* “militar”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “militar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018