bersagliere

English

Etymology

From Italian bersagliere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛɹ.səlˈjɛɹ.eɪ/, /-sɑl-/, /-sæl-/, /-ˈlɛɹ-/, /-i/

Noun

bersagliere (plural bersaglieri)

1. A marksman or rifleman in certain Italian regiments.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 50:

     We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. They were bersaglieri.

   • 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 244:

     A small detachment of bersaglieri, which rashly went to see what was going on, was then wiped out by a force of armed peasants.

Translations

marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} بيرساغلييري m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意大利狙擊兵／意大利狙击兵 (Yìdàlì jūjībīng)

• French: bersaglier (fr) m, bersallier m
• Hungarian: lövész (hu), mesterlövész (hu), bersagliere (hu)
• Italian: bersagliere (it) m
• Japanese: ベルサリエーレ (berusariēre)
• Lithuanian: bersaljeras m
• Polish: bersalier (pl) m
• Russian: берсалье́р (ru) m (bersalʹjér)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: берса̀ље̄р m

  Roman: bersàljēr (sh) m

• Slovene: bersaljerji m pl

Further reading

• bersagliere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

From bersaglio +‎ -iere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ber.saʎˈʎɛ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛre
• Hyphenation: ber‧sa‧gliè‧re

Noun

bersagliere m (plural bersaglieri)

1. rifleman, bersagliere (in some Italian regiments)

Related terms

• bersagliare

Noun

bersagliere f

1. plural of bersagliera

Descendants

• → Polish: bersalier