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The lowest rank of a commissioned army officer, below a lieutenant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, United States Air Force, or United States Marine Corps, below a first lieutenant. The rank of second lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of ensign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 2nd lieutenant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lieutenant
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
tweede luitenant
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Albanian:
nëntoger
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Chinese Mandarin:
少尉
(shàowèi)
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Czech:
poručík
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Dutch:
tweede luitenant
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Estonian:
nooremleitnant
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Finnish:
vänrikki
— the rank below a lieutenant
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French:
sous-lieutenant
— the rank below a lieutenant
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German:
Leutnant
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Greek:
ανθυπολοχαγός
(anthypolochagós)
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Hungarian:
alhadnagy
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Italian:
sottotenente
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Macedonian:
потпоручник
(potporučnik)
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Manx:
fo-aachaptan
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Norwegian:
fenrik
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Norwegian:
sekondløytnant
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Persian:
ستوان دو
(sotvân do)
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Polish:
podporucznik
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Portuguese:
subtenente
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Romanian:
sublocotenent
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Russian:
мла́дший лейтена́нт
(mládšij lejtenánt)
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Russian:
подпору́чик
(podporúčik)
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Serbo-Croatian:
по̀ручнӣк
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Serbo-Croatian:
по̀ручница
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Serbo-Croatian:
pòručnīk
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Serbo-Croatian:
pòručnica
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Slovene:
poróčnik
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Slovene:
poróčnica
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Lower Sorbian:
leutnant
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Spanish:
alférez
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Swahili:
luteni wa pili
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Turkish:
asteğmen
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Uzbek:
leytenant
— the rank below a lieutenant
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Vietnamese:
thiếu úy
— the rank below a lieutenant
