brigadier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigadier. Equivalent to brigade +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪɡəˈdɪɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

brigadier (plural brigadiers)

1. (military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
2. (military, UK) A field officer of the highest grade, below general officers, NATO grade O7.
3. Ellipsis of brigadier general.
4. (historical) The head of a workforce in the Soviet Union.
   • 1952, The Soviet Bloc as Reported by Former Nationals Interview Report:

     The supervisory staff of the farm did their work well, according to the source. All the brigadiers were old, experienced workers who knew their business.

Synonyms

• brigadier general
• senior colonel

 

Coordinate terms

• commodore

 

Derived terms

• brigadier general
• brigadiership
• subbrigadier

 

Translations

an army rank

• Bashkir: бригадир (brigadir)
• Catalan: brigadier m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 准將 (zh) (zhǔnjiàng)

• Danish: brigadegeneral (da) c
• Dutch: brigadegeneraal (nl) m
• Finnish: prikaatinkomentaja, prikaatinkenraali (fi)
• French: brigadier (fr) m, brigadière (fr) f
• Greek: ταξίαρχος (el) m (taxíarchos)
• Hindi: ब्रिगेडियर (hi) m (brigeḍiyar)
• Hungarian: dandártábornok (hu)
• Italian: brigadiere (it) m, brigadiere generale m
• Japanese: 准将 (ja) (じゅんしょう, junshō)
• Kazakh: бригадир (brigadir)
• Kyrgyz: бригадир (ky) (brigadir)
• Macedonian: бригадир m (brigadir)
• Malay: brigedier
• Maori: pirikitia
• Marathi: ब्रिगेडियर m (brigeḍiyar)
• Polish: brygadier (pl) m
• Portuguese: brigadeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: brigadier (ro) m, brigadieră (ro) f
• Russian: бригади́р (ru) m (brigadír), брига́дный генера́л m (brigádnyj generál) (US army, "brigadier general")
• Serbo-Croatian: brigadir (sh) m, brigàdīrka (sh) f
• Slovene: brigadir m, brigadirka f
• Spanish: brigadier (es) m
• Ukrainian: бригадир (uk) m (bryhadyr)

See also

• commodore admiral
• fleet captain
• rear admiral (lower half)
• senior captain

 

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “brigadier”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

• brigadier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• air bridge, airbridge

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigadier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.ɣaːˈdiːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bri‧ga‧dier
• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

brigadier m (plural brigadiers)

1. constable (police officer of some seniority)
2. (historical) brigadier, corporal, or a colonel in charge of a brigade

Descendants

• → Indonesian: brigadir
• → Papiamentu: brigadir
• → Sranan Tongo: brigadiri

French

Etymology

From brigade +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.ɡa.dje/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

brigadier m (plural brigadiers, feminine brigadière)

1. brigadier (military)
2. crossing guard
   • 2023 February 1 (last accessed), Careers - Jobs - Ottawa Safety Council‎^[1]:

     Être Brigadier

     Become a Crossing Guard

Derived terms

• bricard
• brigadier-chef
• brigadier-général
• brigadier scolaire
• sous-brigadier

Descendants

• → Dutch: brigadier
  • → Indonesian: brigadir
  • → Papiamentu: brigadir
  • → Sranan Tongo: brigadiri
• → English: brigadier
• → Romanian: brigadier
• → Spanish: brigadier

Further reading

• “brigadier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigadier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri.ɡa.diˈer/

Noun

brigadier m (plural brigadieri, feminine equivalent brigadieră)

1. brigadier (military)
2. forester (forestry)

   Synonyms: brigadier silvic, brigadier forestier

3. (dated) brigadier general

   Synonym: general de brigadă

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	brigadier	brigadierul		brigadieri	brigadierii
genitive-dative	brigadier	brigadierului		brigadieri	brigadierilor
vocative	brigadierule			brigadierilor

Related terms

• brigadă

References

• brigadier in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Noun

brigadier m (plural brigadieres or brigadiers)

1. brigadier

Further reading

• “brigadier”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10