soldat

See also: soldât, sołdat, and Soldat

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [sulˈdat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [solˈdat]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).

Noun

soldat m (plural soldats)

1. soldier

Derived terms

• soldadesc

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

soldat (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldats, feminine plural soldades)

1. past participle of soldar

Danish

Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”), related to soldo (“penny, cent, money”).

Noun

soldat c (singular definite soldaten, plural indefinite soldater)

1. soldier

Inflection

Declension of soldat

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	soldat	soldaten	soldater	soldaterne
genitive	soldats	soldatens	soldaters	soldaternes

Derived terms

• barnesoldat, børnesoldat (“child soldier”)
• FN-soldat

Estonian

Etymology

From German Soldat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsold̥ɑt/, [ˈsold̥ɑtˑ]
• Rhymes: -oldɑt
• Hyphenation: sol‧dat

Noun

soldat (genitive soldati, partitive soldatit)

1. (colloquial, obsolete) soldier

   Synonyms: soldan, sõdur

2. (card games) jack

   Synonyms: poiss, sõdur

Declension

Declension of soldat (ÕS type 2e/minut, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		soldat	soldatid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	soldati
genitive			soldatite
partitive		soldatit	soldateid
illative		soldatisse	soldatitesse soldateisse
inessive		soldatis	soldatites soldateis
elative		soldatist	soldatitest soldateist
allative		soldatile	soldatitele soldateile
adessive		soldatil	soldatitel soldateil
ablative		soldatilt	soldatitelt soldateilt
translative		soldatiks	soldatiteks soldateiks
terminative		soldatini	soldatiteni
essive		soldatina	soldatitena
abessive		soldatita	soldatiteta
comitative		soldatiga	soldatitega

References

• soldat in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “soldat”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French soldat, borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”). Replaced soudard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl.da/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

soldat m (plural soldats, feminine soldate)

1. soldier

Derived terms

• enfant soldat
• soldat de deuxième classe
• soldat de première classe
• soldatesque

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: solda
• Mauritian Creole: solda
• Réunion Creole French: solda
• → Danish: soldat
• → Lingala: sodá
• → Luxembourgish: Zaldot
• → Norwegian: soldat
• → Plautdietsch: Sol'dot
• → Romanian: soldat
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: со̏лда̄т

  Latin script: sȍldāt

• → Swedish: soldat
  • → Northern Sami: soalddát
• → West Frisian: soldaat

Further reading

• “soldat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).

Noun

soldat m (plural soldats)

1. soldier

Descendants

• French: soldat (see there for further descendants)
• → Dutch: soldaat, (obsolete form with L-vocalization) soudaat, soudaet, (obsolete spelling) soldaet
  • Afrikaans: soldaat
    • → Xhosa: isoldathi
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: solati
  • Negerhollands: soldat, soldaet
  • → Caribbean Javanese: soldat, soldati
  • → Kari'na: suntaty
  • → Papiamentu: sòldat, soldaat
  • → Saramaccan: sodáti
  • → Sranan Tongo: srudati
    • Aukan: suudati

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”).

Noun

soldat m (definite singular soldaten, indefinite plural soldater, definite plural soldatene)

1. soldier (member of an army)
2. soldier (member of the Salvation Army)

Derived terms

• barnesoldat
• fallskjermsoldat
• geriljasoldat
• kommandosoldat
• leiesoldat

References

• “soldat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Dialectal forms

• sylat, syllat (Folldal, Gulen, Hallingdal, Voss)
• sylater, syllater (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen, Hallingdal, Slidremål, Seljord, Fjaler, Nissedal)
• sølater, søllater (Tinn, Modum, Toten, Bolsøy, Ringerike, Surnadal, Bamble, Vestfold, Valdres, Sunnhordland)

Etymology

Borrowed from French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”).

Noun

soldat m (definite singular soldaten, indefinite plural soldatar, definite plural soldatane)

1. soldier (member of an army)
2. soldier (member of the Salvation Army)

Derived terms

• barnesoldat
• fallskjermsoldat
• geriljasoldat
• kommandosoldat

References

• “soldat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French soldat, German Soldat, from Italian soldato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [solˈdat]

• Audio:

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Noun

soldat m (plural soldați)

1. soldier

   Synonyms: ostaș, militar

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	soldat	soldatul	soldați	soldații
genitive-dative	soldat	soldatului	soldați	soldaților
vocative	soldatule, soldate		soldaților

References

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French soldat.

Noun

sȍldāt m anim (Cyrillic spelling со̏лда̄т)

1. (archaic) soldier

Declension

Declension of soldat

	singular	plural
nominative	soldat	soldati
genitive	soldata	soldata
dative	soldatu	soldatima
accusative	soldata	soldate
vocative	soldate	soldati
locative	soldatu	soldatima
instrumental	soldatom	soldatima

Swedish

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Etymology

From French soldat, itself from Italian soldato (“soldier”)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

soldat c

1. a soldier
   • 1968, Lasse Berghagen, Benny Andersson, “Sagan om lilla Sofi [The Story of Little Sofi]”‎^[1]performed by Hep Stars:

     Då hörs en sång. Då syns ett moln av damm. En liten soldat marscherar vägen fram. Han har byxor med revär, och han har ett stort gevär. Han marscherar så kavat, en liten, stor soldat.

     Then a song is heard. Then a cloud of dust is seen [or "appears" or the like – literally translated]. A little soldier marches down the road [the road forth]. He has trousers with stripes [stripe – singular here, but could also be plural], and he has a big rifle. He marches with such pluck [so pluckily], a little, great soldier.

Declension

Declension of soldat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	soldat	soldats
	definite	soldaten	soldatens
plural	indefinite	soldater	soldaters
	definite	soldaterna	soldaternas

Derived terms

• barnsoldat
• fotsoldat
• frälsningssoldat
• legosoldat
• marinsoldat
• tennsoldat

See also

• infanterist
• knekt
• krigsman
• militär
• mundering

References

• “soldat”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “soldat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• lotsad, odlats, saldot

Uzbek

Alternative forms

• sallot — colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian солда́т (soldát), from Italian soldato.

Pronunciation

• (literary) IPA^(key): /sɒlˈdæt/, [sælˈdæt] (as if spelled saldat)
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): [sælˈlɒt] (as if spelled sallot)
• Hyphenation: sol‧dat

Noun

soldat (plural soldatlar)

1. (military) soldier

   Synonyms: askar, jangchi, sarboz, sipoh

Declension

Declension of soldat

	singular	plural
nominative	soldat	soldatlar
genitive	soldatning	soldatlarning
dative	soldatga	soldatlarga
definite accusative	soldatni	soldatlarni
locative	soldatda	soldatlarda
ablative	soldatdan	soldatlardan
similative	soldatdek	soldatlardek

Possessive forms of soldat

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	soldatim	soldatlarim
genitive	soldatimning	soldatlarimning
dative	soldatimga	soldatlarimga
definite accusative	soldatimni	soldatlarimni
locative	soldatimda	soldatlarimda
ablative	soldatimdan	soldatlarimdan
similative	soldatimdek	soldatlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	soldating	soldatlaring
genitive	soldatingning	soldatlaringning
dative	soldatingga	soldatlaringga
definite accusative	soldatingni	soldatlaringni
locative	soldatingda	soldatlaringda
ablative	soldatingdan	soldatlaringdan
similative	soldatingdek	soldatlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	soldati	soldatlari
genitive	soldatining	soldatlarining
dative	soldatiga	soldatlariga
definite accusative	soldatini	soldatlarini
locative	soldatida	soldatlarida
ablative	soldatidan	soldatlaridan
similative	soldatidek	soldatlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	soldatimiz	soldatlarimiz
genitive	soldatimizning	soldatlarimizning
dative	soldatimizga	soldatlarimizga
definite accusative	soldatimizni	soldatlarimizni
locative	soldatimizda	soldatlarimizda
ablative	soldatimizdan	soldatlarimizdan
similative	soldatimizdek	soldatlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	soldatingiz	soldatlaringiz
genitive	soldatingizning	soldatlaringizning
dative	soldatingizga	soldatlaringizga
definite accusative	soldatingizni	soldatlaringizni
locative	soldatingizda	soldatlaringizda
ablative	soldatingizdan	soldatlaringizdan
similative	soldatingizdek	soldatlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	soldati	soldatlari
genitive	soldatining	soldatlarining
dative	soldatiga	soldatlariga
definite accusative	soldatini	soldatlarini
locative	soldatida	soldatlarida
ablative	soldatidan	soldatlaridan
similative	soldatidek	soldatlaridek

Related terms

• soldatcha
• soldatlik