Troop — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a group of soldiers

a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈuːp/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈuːp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈuːp/

1 syllable Say it as /tɹˈuːp/.

Examples

a troop of children
the veterans paraded down the street
They children trooped into the room

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

scout group scout troop promenade parade flock

Parts of Speech

noun	a group of soldiers
noun	a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
noun	a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts
noun	an orderly crowd “a troop of children”
verb	march in a procession “the veterans paraded down the street”
verb	move or march as if in a crowd “They children trooped into the room”

Word Forms

troop	verb	move or march as if in a crowd
flock	verb	come together as in a cluster or flock
parade	noun	an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things
parader	noun	walks with regular or stately step
troop	noun	an orderly crowd

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Truppe

eine Gruppe Soldaten

🇫🇷French

troupe

un groupe de soldats

🇪🇸Spanish

tropa

un grupo de soldados

🇮🇹Italian

truppe

un gruppo di soldati

🇳🇱Dutch

troep

een groep soldaten

🇵🇹Portuguese

tropa

um grupo de soldados

🇷🇺Russian

отряд

группа солдат

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सेना

सैनिकों का एक समूह

🇧🇩Bengali

সৈন্যদল

সৈন্যদের একটি দল

🇮🇳Tamil

படை

வீரர்கள் குழு

🇮🇳Telugu

దళం

సైనికుల సమూహం

🇮🇳Marathi

दल

सैनिकांचा एक गट

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટુકડી

સૈનિકોનું એક જૂથ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಡೆ

ಸೈನಿಕರ ಗುಂಪು

🇮🇳Malayalam

സേന

ഒരു കൂട്ടം പട്ടാളക്കാർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫੌਜ

ਸਿਪਾਹੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਸਮੂਹ

🇵🇰Urdu

دستہ

فوجیوں کا ایک گروپ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

部队

一群士兵

🇯🇵Japanese

軍隊

兵士のグループ

🇰🇷Korean

군대

군인의 그룹

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quân đội

một nhóm lính

🇹🇭Thai

กองทหาร

กลุ่มทหาร

🇮🇩Indonesian

pasukan

sekelompok tentara

🇵🇭Filipino

tropa

isang grupo ng mga sundalo

🇲🇾Malay

pasukan

sekumpulan askar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القوات

مجموعة من الجنود

🇮🇷Persian

سرباز

گروهی از سربازان

🇹🇷Turkish

birlik

bir grup asker

🇮🇱Hebrew

גְדוּד

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The primary meaning of 'troop' is 'a group of soldiers'.

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