ejército

See also: ejercito and ejercitó

Spanish

Alternative forms

• exército (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish exército, borrowed from Latin exercitus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the 15th century in Juan de Mena and the marquis of Santillana, replacing the inherited Old Spanish hueste. The borrowing was read with the “native” Old Spanish value of x, /ʃ/, instead of /ks/, cf. ejemplo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eˈxeɾθito/ [eˈxeɾ.θi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eˈxeɾsito/ [eˈxeɾ.si.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɾθito
• Rhymes: -eɾsito
• Syllabification: e‧jér‧ci‧to

Noun

ejército m (plural ejércitos)

1. army

   Synonym: milicia

Derived terms

• Ejército de Salvación
• Ejército Popular de Liberación

 

Descendants

• → Guaraní: ehérsito

See also

• ejercitar (verb)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “ejercer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 548

Further reading

• “ejército”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014