främlingslegion

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of French légion étrangère, equivalent to främling +‎ -s- +‎ legion.

Noun

främlingslegion c

1. foreign legion

Usage notes

Almost exclusively in the definite form and in reference to the French Foreign Legion.

Declension

Declension of främlingslegion

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	främlingslegion	främlingslegions
	definite	främlingslegionen	främlingslegionens
plural	indefinite	främlingslegioner	främlingslegioners
	definite	främlingslegionerna	främlingslegionernas

Derived terms

• främlingslegionär

References

• främlingslegion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• främlingslegion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• främlingslegion in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)