Enlistment — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a period of time spent in military service

the act of enlisting (as in a military service)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛnlˈɪstmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɛnlˈɪstmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɛnlˈɪstmənt/

3 syllables Say it as /ɛnlˈɪstmənt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

duty tour tour hitch term of enlistment tour of duty

Word Forms

enlist

verb

engage somebody to enter the army

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Einberufung

eine im Militärdienst verbrachte Zeit

🇫🇷French

enrôlement

une période de temps passée au service militaire

🇪🇸Spanish

alistamiento

un período de tiempo pasado en el servicio militar

🇮🇹Italian

arruolamento

un periodo trascorso nel servizio militare

🇳🇱Dutch

indiensttreding

een periode van militaire dienst

🇵🇹Portuguese

alistamento

um período de tempo passado no serviço militar

🇷🇺Russian

вербовка

период времени, проведенный на военной службе

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भर्ती

सैन्य सेवा में बिताया गया समय

🇧🇩Bengali

তালিকাভুক্তি

সামরিক চাকরিতে অতিবাহিত সময়কাল

🇮🇳Tamil

சேர்க்கை

இராணுவ சேவையில் செலவழித்த காலம்

🇮🇳Telugu

చేరిక

సైనిక సేవలో గడిపిన కాలం

🇮🇳Marathi

नोंदणी

लष्करी सेवेत घालवलेला कालावधी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભરતી

લશ્કરી સેવામાં વિતાવેલ સમયગાળો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ

ಮಿಲಿಟರಿ ಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದ ಅವಧಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചേരൽ

സൈനിക സേവനത്തിൽ ചെലവഴിച്ച ഒരു കാലഘട്ടം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਰਤੀ

ਫੌਜੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਿਤਾਏ ਸਮੇਂ ਦੀ ਮਿਆਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

بھرتی

فوجی خدمت میں گزارے گئے وقت کی مدت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

征募

服兵役的一段时间

🇯🇵Japanese

入隊

兵役に費やされる期間

🇰🇷Korean

입대

군 복무 기간

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhập ngũ

một khoảng thời gian dành cho nghĩa vụ quân sự

🇹🇭Thai

การเกณฑ์ทหาร

ระยะเวลาที่ใช้ในการรับราชการทหาร

🇮🇩Indonesian

pendaftaran

periode waktu yang dihabiskan dalam dinas militer

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapalista

isang yugto ng oras na ginugol sa serbisyo militar

🇲🇾Malay

pendaftaran

tempoh masa yang dihabiskan dalam perkhidmatan tentera

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التجنيد

الفترة التي قضاها في الخدمة العسكرية

🇮🇷Persian

نام نویسی

مدت زمان صرف شده در خدمت سربازی

🇹🇷Turkish

askere alınma

askerlik hizmetinde geçirilen süre

🇮🇱Hebrew

גִיוּס

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