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lieutenant general

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.

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noun

Meaning 2

A similar rank in the armed forces of some other countries.

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noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of lieutenant general (found when the term is used as a title).

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Usage: alt-of

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noun

Meaning 4

a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: general officer

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: luitenant generaal — an officer above major general and below general
  • Arabic: فريق (farīq) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Armenian: գեներալ-լեյտենանտ (general-leytenant) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Bulgarian: генерал-лейтенант (general-lejtenant) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中將 /中将 (zhōngjiàng) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Czech: generálporučík — an officer above major general and below general
  • Danish: generalløjtnant — an officer above major general and below general
  • Dutch: luitenant-generaal — an officer above major general and below general
  • Estonian: kindralleitnant — an officer above major general and below general
  • Finnish: kenraaliluutnantti — an officer above major general and below general
  • French: général de corps d'armée — an officer above major general and below general
  • French: lieutenant général — an officer above major general and below general
  • Galician: tenente xeneral — an officer above major general and below general
  • Georgian: გენერალ ლეიტენანტი (general leiṭenanṭi) — an officer above major general and below general
  • German: Generalleutnant — an officer above major general and below general
  • Greek: αντιστράτηγος (antistrátigos) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Greek: αντιπτέραρχος (antiptérarchos) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Hungarian: altábornagy — an officer above major general and below general
  • Indonesian: letnan jenderal — an officer above major general and below general
  • Japanese: 中将 — an officer above major general and below general
  • Japanese: 陸将 — an officer above major general and below general
  • Korean: 중장 (jungjang) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Latvian: ģenerāl­leitnants — an officer above major general and below general
  • Lithuanian: generolas leitenantas — an officer above major general and below general
  • Malay: leftenan jeneral — an officer above major general and below general
  • Manx: aaghineraal — an officer above major general and below general
  • Polish: generał broni — an officer above major general and below general
  • Polish: generał porucznik — an officer above major general and below general
  • Polish: generał-lejtnant — an officer above major general and below general
  • Portuguese: tenente-general — an officer above major general and below general
  • Romanian: general-locotenent — an officer above major general and below general
  • Russian: генерал-лейтенант (general-lejtenant) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Slovak: generál­poručík — an officer above major general and below general
  • Spanish: teniente general — an officer above major general and below general
  • Swahili: luteni jenerali — an officer above major general and below general
  • Swedish: generallöjtnant — an officer above major general and below general
  • Tagalog: tenyente heneral — an officer above major general and below general
  • Turkish: korgeneral — an officer above major general and below general
  • Ukrainian: генерал-лейтенант (heneral-lejtenant) — an officer above major general and below general
  • Uzbek: general-leytenant — an officer above major general and below general