Infantry — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɪnfəntɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɪnfəntɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɪnfəntɹi/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈɪnfəntɹi/.

Examples

there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

foot

Parts of Speech

noun	an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot “there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Infanterie

eine Armeeeinheit, die aus Soldaten besteht, die zu Fuß kämpfen

🇫🇷French

infanterie

une unité militaire composée de soldats qui combattent à pied

🇪🇸Spanish

infantería

una unidad del ejército formada por soldados que luchan a pie

🇮🇹Italian

fanteria

un'unità dell'esercito composta da soldati che combattono a piedi

🇳🇱Dutch

infanterie

een legereenheid bestaande uit soldaten die te voet vechten

🇵🇹Portuguese

infantaria

uma unidade do exército composta por soldados que lutam a pé

🇷🇺Russian

пехота

армейская часть, состоящая из солдат, сражающихся пешими

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पैदल सेना

एक सैन्य इकाई जिसमें पैदल लड़ने वाले सैनिक शामिल होते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

পদাতিক

পায়ে হেঁটে যুদ্ধ করা সৈন্যদের নিয়ে গঠিত একটি সেনা ইউনিট

🇮🇳Tamil

காலாட்படை

காலில் போராடும் வீரர்களைக் கொண்ட ஒரு இராணுவப் பிரிவு

🇮🇳Telugu

పదాతి దళం

కాలినడకన పోరాడే సైనికులతో కూడిన ఆర్మీ యూనిట్

🇮🇳Marathi

पायदळ

पायी लढणाऱ्या सैनिकांचा समावेश असलेली लष्करी तुकडी

🇮🇳Gujarati

પાયદળ

એક સૈન્ય એકમ જેમાં સૈનિકોનો સમાવેશ થાય છે જેઓ પગપાળા લડતા હોય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾಲಾಳುಪಡೆ

ಕಾಲ್ನಡಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋರಾಡುವ ಸೈನಿಕರನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಸೇನಾ ಘಟಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാലാൾപ്പട

കാൽനടയായി യുദ്ധം ചെയ്യുന്ന സൈനികർ അടങ്ങുന്ന ഒരു സൈനിക യൂണിറ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੈਦਲ

ਇੱਕ ਫੌਜੀ ਯੂਨਿਟ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੈਨਿਕ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਜੋ ਪੈਦਲ ਲੜਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیادہ

ایک فوجی یونٹ جو فوجیوں پر مشتمل ہے جو پیدل لڑتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

步兵

由步行作战的士兵组成的军队单位

🇯🇵Japanese

歩兵

徒歩で戦う兵士で構成される軍隊部隊

🇰🇷Korean

보병

도보로 싸우는 군인들로 구성된 군대 부대

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bộ binh

một đơn vị quân đội bao gồm những người lính chiến đấu trên bộ

🇹🇭Thai

ทหารราบ

หน่วยทหารที่ประกอบด้วยทหารที่ต่อสู้ด้วยการเดินเท้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

infanteri

sebuah unit tentara yang terdiri dari tentara yang berperang dengan berjalan kaki

🇵🇭Filipino

impanterya

isang yunit ng hukbo na binubuo ng mga sundalong lumalaban sa paglalakad

🇲🇾Malay

infantri

unit tentera yang terdiri daripada tentera yang berjuang dengan berjalan kaki

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مشاة

وحدة جيش تتكون من جنود يقاتلون سيرا على الأقدام

🇮🇷Persian

پیاده نظام

یک واحد ارتش متشکل از سربازانی که پیاده می جنگند

🇹🇷Turkish

piyade

yaya savaşan askerlerden oluşan bir ordu birimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֵיל הַרַגלִים

יחידה צבאית המורכבת מחיילים הנלחמים ברגל

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