condottiere

English

Etymology

From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/, /ˌkɔn.dəˈtjɛɹ.eɪ/, /-doʊ-/, /-tiˈɛɹ-/, /-i/

Noun

condottiere (plural condottieres or condottieri)

1. (historical) A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 236:

     Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:mercenary

Translations

medieval Italian mercenary leader

• Armenian: կոնդոտիեր (kondotier)
• Bulgarian: кондотиер m (kondotier)
• Greek: κοντοτιέρος (el) m (kontotiéros)
• Portuguese: condottiere (pt) m, condottiero (pt) m
• Russian: кондотьер (ru) m (kondotʹjer)
• Swedish: kondottiär (sv) c
• Ukrainian: кондотьєр (uk) (kondotʹjer)

French

Etymology

From Italian.

Pronunciation

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Noun

condottiere m (plural condottieres)

1. condottiere

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From condotto +‎ -iere.

Noun

condottiere m (plural condottieri)

1. condottiere

Related terms

• condottiero