pioneer

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• Canada: /ˌpaɪ.əˈniɹ/
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From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn (in chess).

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَائِد (rāʔid) — one who goes before
• Armenian: ռահվիրա (ṙahvira) — one who goes before
• Armenian: պիոներ (pioner) — one who goes before
• Azerbaijani: yoltapan — one who goes before
• Belarusian: першапрахо́дзец (pjeršapraxódzjec) — one who goes before
• Belarusian: першаадкрыва́льнік (pjeršaadkryválʹnik) — one who goes before
• Belarusian: піяне́р (pijanjér) — one who goes before
• Bulgarian: пионе́р (pionér) — one who goes before
• Catalan: pioner — one who goes before
• Catalan: pionera — one who goes before
• Chinese Mandarin: 開拓者 /开拓者 (kāituòzhě) — one who goes before
• Chinese Mandarin: 先驅者 /先驱者 (xiānqūzhě) — one who goes before
• Chinese Mandarin: 先驅 /先驱 (xiānqū) — one who goes before
• Czech: průkopník — one who goes before
• Danish: pioner — one who goes before
• Dutch: pionier — one who goes before
• Erzya: панжиця (panžića) — one who goes before
• Esperanto: pioniro — one who goes before
• Finnish: pioneeri — one who goes before
• French: pionnier — one who goes before
• French: pionnière — one who goes before
• Galician: pioneiro — one who goes before
• Galician: pioneira — one who goes before
• Georgian: მოწინავე (moc̣inave) — one who goes before
• Georgian: პიონერი (ṗioneri) — one who goes before
• Georgian: დამწყები (damc̣q̇ebi) — one who goes before
• Georgian: თაოსანი (taosani) — one who goes before
• Georgian: ინიციატორი (iniciaṭori) — one who goes before
• Georgian: ნოვატორი (novaṭori) — one who goes before
• German: Pionier — one who goes before
• German: Wegbereiter — one who goes before
• Hebrew: חלוץ (khalúts) — one who goes before
• Hindi: अग्रणी (agraṇī) — one who goes before
• Hungarian: pionír — one who goes before
• Hungarian: úttörő — one who goes before
• Ido: pioniro — one who goes before
• Italian: pioniere — one who goes before
• Italian: pioniera — one who goes before
• Japanese: 先駆者 (senkusha) — one who goes before
• Japanese: パイオニア (paionia) — one who goes before
• Japanese: 開拓者 (kaitakusha) — one who goes before
• Kazakh: ізашар (ızaşar) — one who goes before
• Kazakh: пионер (pioner) — one who goes before
• Korean: 선구자 (seon'guja) — one who goes before
• Korean: 개척자 (gaecheokja) — one who goes before
• Korean: 선봉 (seonbong) — one who goes before
• Korean: 파이어니어 (paieonieo) — one who goes before
• Kven: eđeskävviijä — one who goes before
• Latvian: pionieris — one who goes before
• Latvian: pioniere — one who goes before
• Malay: perintis — one who goes before
• Marathi: अग्रणी (agraṇī) — one who goes before
• Persian: پیشتاز (pištâz) — one who goes before
• Plautdietsch: Bonbräakja — one who goes before
• Polish: pionier — one who goes before
• Polish: pionierka — one who goes before
• Polish: apostoł — one who goes before
• Polish: apostołka — one who goes before
• Portuguese: pioneiro — one who goes before
• Romanian: pionier — one who goes before
• Romanian: deschizător — one who goes before
• Romanian: deschizător de drumuri — one who goes before
• Russian: первопрохо́дец (pervoproxódec) — one who goes before
• Russian: первооткрыва́тель (pervootkryvátelʹ) — one who goes before
• Russian: пионе́р (pionér) — one who goes before
• Slovak: priekopník — one who goes before
• Slovene: pionir — one who goes before
• Spanish: pionero — one who goes before
• Swedish: pionjär — one who goes before
• Tamil: முன்னோடி (muṉṉōṭi) — one who goes before
• Thai: ผู้บุกเบิก — one who goes before
• Ukrainian: першопрохо́дець (peršoproxódecʹ) — one who goes before
• Ukrainian: першовідкрива́ч (peršovidkryváč) — one who goes before
• Ukrainian: піоне́р (pionér) — one who goes before
• Welsh: arloeswr — one who goes before
• Bulgarian: сапьо̀р (sapjòr) — soldier
• Chinese Mandarin: 工程兵 (gōngchéngbīng) — soldier
• Chinese Mandarin: 工兵 (gōngbīng) — soldier
• Danish: pioner — soldier
• Esperanto: pioniro — soldier
• Estonian: pioneer — soldier
• Finnish: pioneeri — soldier
• German: Pionier — soldier
• Hungarian: pionír — soldier
• Hungarian: utász — soldier
• Māori: paionia — soldier
• Polish: pionier — soldier
• Polish: pionierka — soldier
• Romanian: pionier — soldier
• Russian: пионе́р (pionér) — soldier
• Slovene: pionir — soldier
• Albanian: pionier — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Albanian: pioner — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Armenian: պիոներ (pioner) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Azerbaijani: pioner — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Belarusian: піяне́р (pijanjér) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Belarusian: піяне́рка (pijanjérka) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Bulgarian: пионе́р (pionér) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Chinese Mandarin: 先鋒 /先锋 (xiānfēng) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Chinese Mandarin: 少先隊員 /少先队员 — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Czech: pionýr — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Danish: pioner — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Dutch: pioneer — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Estonian: pioneer — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Finnish: pioneeri — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• French: pionnier — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Galician: pioneiro — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Georgian: პიონერი (ṗioneri) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• German: Pionier — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Greek: πιονιέρος (pioniéros) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Hungarian: pionír — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Hungarian: úttörő — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Hungarian: pajtás — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Japanese: ピオネール (pionēru) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Japanese: パイオニア (paionia) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Kazakh: пионер (pioner) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Korean: 파이오니어 (paionieo) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Korean: 피오네르 (pionereu) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Kyrgyz: пионер (pioner) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Latvian: pionieris — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Lithuanian: pionierius — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Polish: pionier — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Polish: pionierka — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Portuguese: pioneiro — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Romanian: pionier — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Russian: пионе́р (pionér) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Russian: пионе́рка (pionérka) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Serbo-Croatian: пионир — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Serbo-Croatian: pionir — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Slovak: pionier — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Slovene: pionir — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Spanish: pionero — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Swedish: pionjär — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Tajik: пионер (pioner) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Turkmen: pioner — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Ukrainian: піоне́р (pionér) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Ukrainian: піоне́рка (pionérka) — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Uzbek: pioner — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Vietnamese: namviet — member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc
• Chinese Mandarin: 開拓 /开拓 (kāituò) — to be the first
• Italian: aprire la strada — to be the first
• Polish: torować drogę — to be the first
• Polish: utorować drogę — to be the first
• Polish: zapoczątkowywać — to be the first
• Polish: zapoczątkować — to be the first
• Polish: wprowadzać — to be the first
• Polish: wprowadzić — to be the first
• Spanish: pionerear — to be the first
• Spanish: ser pionero en — to be the first
• Thai: บุกเบิก — to be the first