# soldat
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [sulˈdat]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [solˈdat]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -at

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).

#### Noun

soldat m (plural soldats)
* soldier

##### Derived terms

* soldadesc

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

soldat (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldats, feminine plural soldades)
* past participle of soldar

## Danish
### Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”), related to soldo (“penny, cent, money”).

### Noun

soldat c (singular definite soldaten, plural indefinite soldater)
* soldier

#### Derived terms

* barnesoldat, børnesoldat (“child soldier”)
* FN-soldat

## Estonian
### Etymology

From German Soldat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsold̥ɑt/, [ˈsold̥ɑtˑ]
* Rhymes: -oldɑt
* Hyphenation: sol‧dat

### Noun

soldat (genitive soldati, partitive soldatit)
* (colloquial, obsolete) soldier
    Synonyms: soldan, sõdur
* (card games) jack
    Synonyms: poiss, sõdur

#### Declension
### References

* soldat in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “soldat”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French soldat, borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”). Replaced soudard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔl.da/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

soldat m (plural soldats, feminine soldate)
* soldier

#### Derived terms

* enfant soldat
* soldatesque

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: solda
* → Danish: soldat
* → Lingala: sodá
* → Luxembourgish: Zaldot
* → Norwegian: soldat
* → Plautdietsch: Sol'dot
* → Romanian: soldat
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: со̏лда̄т
    Latin script: sȍldāt
* → Swedish: soldat
** → Northern Sami: soalddát
* → West Frisian: soldaat

### Further reading

* “soldat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).

### Noun

soldat m (plural soldats)
* soldier

#### Descendants

* French: soldat (see there for further descendants)
* → Dutch: soldaat
** Afrikaans: soldaat
*** → Xhosa: isoldathi
** Berbice Creole Dutch: solati
** Negerhollands: soldat, soldaet
** → Caribbean Javanese: soldat, soldati
** → Kari'na: suntaty
** → Papiamentu: sòldat, soldaat
** → Saramaccan: sodáti
** → Sranan Tongo: srudati
*** → Aukan: suudati

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”).

### Noun

soldat m (definite singular soldaten, indefinite plural soldater, definite plural soldatene)
* soldier (member of an army)
* soldier (member of the Salvation Army)

#### Derived terms

* barnesoldat
* fallskjermsoldat
* geriljasoldat
* kommandosoldat
* leiesoldat

### References

* “soldat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”).

### Noun

soldat m (definite singular soldaten, indefinite plural soldatar, definite plural soldatane)
* soldier (member of an army)
* soldier (member of the Salvation Army)

#### Derived terms

* barnesoldat
* fallskjermsoldat
* geriljasoldat
* kommandosoldat

### References

* “soldat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French soldat, German Soldat, from Italian soldato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [solˈdat]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### References

* Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French soldat.

### Noun

sȍldāt m (Cyrillic spelling со̏лда̄т)
* (archaic) soldier

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

soldat c
* soldier
    Synonym: krigsman

#### Derived terms

* barnsoldat
* frälsningssoldat
* marinsoldat
* tennsoldat

### Anagrams

* lotsad, odlats, saldot

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian солда́т (soldát), from Italian soldato.

### Noun

soldat (plural soldatlar)
* (military) soldier
    Synonym: askar

#### Related terms

* soldatcha
* soldatlik