lieutenant
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
navy
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle English lieutenant, lieftenaunt, from Anglo-Norman lieutenant, lyutenaunt, leu tenant, leu tenaunt (“deputy, lieutenant”), from Old French lieu (“place”) + tenant (“holder”). Doublet of locum tenens and stadtholder.
Inflected forms:
form: lieutenants
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: leftenant
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: leftenaunt
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: lieftenant
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: lieftenaunt
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: lieutenaunt
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: leftenant
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: leftenaunt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: lieftenant
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: lieftenaunt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: lieutenaunt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Canada
New-Zealand
gloss: A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.
pos: noun
examples: Mr. Scott immediately asked someone at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to get Mr. Nadella, the chief executive, out of a meeting he was having with top lieutenants.
gloss: The second-in-command (2IC) of a group.
pos: noun
gloss: A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: Lt.
LT
lieut
Lieut.
Lieut
Related words: subaltern
Derived words: brevet lieutenant
captain lieutenant
corvette lieutenant
desk lieutenant
fifth lieutenant
first lieutenant
flag lieutenant
flight lieutenant
fourth lieutenant
frigate lieutenant
junior lieutenant
lieutenant admiral
lieutenant-admiral
lieutenant captain
lieutenant colonel
lieutenant-colonel
lieutenant-colonelcy
lieutenant commander
lieutenantess
lieutenant general
lieutenant governor
lieutenant-governor
lieutenant junior grade
lieutenant marshal
lieutenantry
lieutenant senior grade
lieutenantship
police lieutenant
second lieutenant
senior lieutenant
shift lieutenant
ship of the line lieutenant
staff lieutenant
sublieutenant
third lieutenant
underlieutenant
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: luitenant
lang: Albanian
word: toger
lang: Arabic
word: مُلَازِم
roman: mulāzim
lang: Armenian
word: լեյտենանտ
roman: leytenant
lang: Belarusian
word: лейтэна́нт
roman: ljejtenánt
lang: Bulgarian
word: лейтена́нт
roman: lejtenánt
lang: Burmese
word: ဗိုလ်
roman: buil
lang: Catalan
word: tinent
lang: Catalan
word: lloctinent
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 中尉
roman: zhōngwèi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 陸軍中尉 /陆军中尉
roman: lùjūn zhōngwèi
lang: Czech
word: poručík
lang: Danish
word: løjtnant
lang: Dutch
word: luitenant
lang: Esperanto
word: leŭtenanto
lang: Estonian
word: leitnant
lang: Finnish
word: luutnantti
lang: French
word: lieutenant
lang: French
word: lieutenante
lang: Galician
word: tenente
lang: Georgian
word: ლეიტენანტი
roman: leiṭenanṭi
lang: German
word: Leutnant
lang: German
word: Leutnantin
lang: Greek
word: υπολοχαγός
roman: ypolochagós
lang: Greek
word: υποπλοίαρχος
roman: ypoploíarchos
lang: Greek
word: υποσμηναγός
roman: yposminagós
lang: Greek
word: ανθυπολοχαγός
roman: anthypolochagós
lang: Greek
word: ανθυποπλοίαρχος
roman: anthypoploíarchos
lang: Greek
word: ανθυποσμηναγός
roman: anthyposminagós
lang: Hindi
word: लेफ़्टिनेंट
roman: lefṭineṇṭ
lang: Hungarian
word: hadnagy
lang: Indonesian
word: letnan
lang: Irish
word: leifteanant
lang: Italian
word: tenente
lang: Japanese
word: 中尉
roman: chūi
lang: Japanese
word: 少尉
roman: shōi
lang: Japanese
word: 海軍大尉
roman: kaiguntaii
lang: Khmer
word: អនុនាវីទោ
roman: ʼɑɑnuniəviitoo
lang: Korean
word: 중위
roman: jung'wi
lang: Lao
word: ຮ້ອຍໂທ
roman: hǭi thō
lang: Macedonian
word: поручник
roman: poručnik
lang: Malay
word: leftenan
lang: Māori
word: rūtene
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: løytnant
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: løytnant
lang: Persian
word: ستوان
roman: sotvân
lang: Polish
word: porucznik
lang: Portuguese
word: tenente
lang: Romanian
word: locotenent
lang: Romansh
word: litinent
lang: Romansh
word: tenent
lang: Russian
word: лейтена́нт
roman: lejtenánt
lang: Russian
word: пору́чик
roman: porúčik
lang: Russian
word: по́ру́чник
roman: pórúčnik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̀ручнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pòručnīk
lang: Sicilian
word: tinenti
lang: Slovak
word: poručík
lang: Slovene
word: poročnik
lang: Slovene
word: poročnica
lang: Spanish
word: teniente
lang: Swahili
word: luteni
lang: Swedish
word: löjtnant
lang: Thai
word: นายร้อย
lang: Thai
word: เรือโท
roman: rʉʉa-too
lang: Turkish
word: teğmen
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ملازم
roman: mülâzım
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: وكیل
roman: vekil
lang: Ukrainian
word: лейтена́нт
roman: lejtenánt
lang: Uzbek
word: leytenant
lang: Uzbek
word: kapitan-leytenant
lang: Vietnamese
word: trung úy
lang: Yiddish
word: לייטענאַנט
roman: leytenant