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A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
majoor generaal
— a military officer
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Arabic:
لواء
— a military officer
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Chinese Mandarin:
少將 /少将
(shàojiàng)
— a military officer
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Czech:
generálmajor
— a military officer
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Danish:
generalmajor
— a military officer
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Estonian:
kindralmajor
— a military officer
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Finnish:
kenraalimajuri
— a military officer
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French:
général de division
— a military officer
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French:
major-général
— a military officer
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French:
général-major
— a military officer
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German:
Generalmajor
— a military officer
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German:
Generalmajorin
— a military officer
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Greek:
υποστράτηγος
(ypostrátigos)
— a military officer
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Greek:
υποπτέραρχος
(ypoptérarchos)
— a military officer
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Hebrew:
אַלּוּף
(alúf)
— a military officer
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Hungarian:
vezérőrnagy
— a military officer
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Hungarian:
generálmajor
— a military officer
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Indonesian:
mayor jenderal
— a military officer
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Japanese:
少将
— a military officer
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Japanese:
陸将補
(in JGSDF)
— a military officer
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Khmer:
ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ
(ŏttâmôséniy toŭ)
— a military officer
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Korean:
소장
(sojang)
— a military officer
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Macedonian:
генерал мајор
— a military officer
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Malay:
mejar jeneral
— a military officer
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Marathi:
मेजर जनरल
(mejar janral)
— a military officer
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Polish:
generał major
— a military officer
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Romanian:
general-maior
— a military officer
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Russian:
генера́л-майо́р
(generál-majór)
— a military officer
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Swahili:
meja jenerali
— a military officer
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Swedish:
generalmajor
— a military officer
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Turkish:
tümgeneral
— a military officer
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Uzbek:
general-mayor
— a military officer