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infantry

/ˈɪnfəntɹi/IN-fuhn-tree
/ˈɪnfəntɹi/IN-fuhn-tree

Meaningan infant, a youth

Common meaning: foot soldiers

Journey through time

  1. Latininfantemsource
  2. Italianinfanteria‘infantery, souldiers on foot’source
  3. Frenchinfanteriesource
  4. Englishinfantry‘foot soldiers’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin infantem ‘an infant, a youth’.

Roots

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