Foeman — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈoʊmən/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈəʊmən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈəʊmən/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈoʊmən/.

Examples

a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

enemy opposition foe

Parts of Speech

noun	an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) “a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Feind

ein bewaffneter Gegner (insbesondere ein Angehöriger einer gegnerischen Streitmacht)

🇫🇷French

ennemi

un adversaire armé (en particulier un membre d'une force militaire adverse)

🇪🇸Spanish

enemigo

un adversario armado (especialmente un miembro de una fuerza militar opuesta)

🇮🇹Italian

nemico

un avversario armato (in particolare un membro di una forza militare avversaria)

🇳🇱Dutch

vijand

een gewapende tegenstander (vooral een lid van een vijandige strijdmacht)

🇵🇹Portuguese

inimigo

um adversário armado (especialmente um membro de uma força militar adversária)

🇷🇺Russian

враг

вооруженный противник (особенно член противостоящей военной силы)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फ़ोमैन

एक सशस्त्र प्रतिद्वंद्वी (विशेषकर एक विरोधी सैन्य बल का सदस्य)

🇮🇳Tamil

எதிரி

ஆயுதமேந்திய எதிரி (குறிப்பாக எதிர்க்கும் இராணுவப் படையின் உறுப்பினர்)

🇮🇳Telugu

శత్రువు

సాయుధ విరోధి (ముఖ్యంగా ప్రత్యర్థి సైనిక దళ సభ్యుడు)

🇮🇳Marathi

शत्रू

सशस्त्र शत्रू (विशेषत: विरोधी लष्करी दलाचा सदस्य)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફોમેન

સશસ્ત્ર વિરોધી (ખાસ કરીને વિરોધી લશ્કરી દળનો સભ્ય)

🇮🇳Kannada

ವೈರಿ

ಸಶಸ್ತ್ರ ಎದುರಾಳಿ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಎದುರಾಳಿ ಸೇನಾ ಪಡೆಯ ಸದಸ್ಯ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

എതിരാളി

ഒരു സായുധ എതിരാളി (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു എതിർ സൈനിക സേനയിലെ അംഗം)

🇵🇰Urdu

دشمن

ایک مسلح مخالف (خاص طور پر ایک مخالف فوجی قوت کا رکن)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

敌人

武装对手（尤其是敌方军队的成员）

🇯🇵Japanese

敵対者

武装した敵（特に敵対する軍隊の一員）

🇰🇷Korean

포맨

무장한 적(특히 상대 군대의 구성원)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kẻ thù

một kẻ thù có vũ trang (đặc biệt là thành viên của lực lượng quân sự đối lập)

🇹🇭Thai

ศัตรู

ฝ่ายตรงข้ามติดอาวุธ (โดยเฉพาะสมาชิกของกำลังทหารที่เป็นปฏิปักษ์)

🇮🇩Indonesian

musuh

musuh bersenjata (terutama anggota kekuatan militer lawan)

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

دشمن

یک دشمن مسلح (به ویژه عضو یک نیروی نظامی مخالف)

🇹🇷Turkish

düşman

silahlı bir düşman (özellikle karşıt bir askeri gücün üyesi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

אויב

יריב חמוש (במיוחד חבר בכוח צבאי יריב)

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The primary meaning of 'foeman' is 'an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)'.

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Using 'foeman' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'foeman' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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