marine corps

See also: Marine Corps

English

A marine training.

Pronunciation

• (General American, in the singular) IPA^(key): /məˈɹinˌkɔɹ/
• (General American, in the plural) IPA^(key): /məˈɹinˌkɔɹz/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

marine corps (plural marine corps)

1. A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.

Synonyms

• naval infantry
• marines

Translations

military organization of marines who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships

• Arabic: مُشَاة البَحْرِيَّة (mušāt al-baḥriyya)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 海軍陸戰隊 / 海军陆战队, 海軍陸戰隊 / 海军陆战队 (hái-kun lio̍k-chiàn-tūi), 海軍士兵隊 / 海军士兵队 (hái-kun sū-phiaⁿ-tūi)

  Mandarin: 海軍陸戰隊 / 海军陆战队 (zh) (hǎijūn lùzhànduì), 陸戰隊 / 陆战队 (zh) (lùzhànduì), 海軍士兵隊 / 海军士兵队 (hǎijūn shìbīngduì)

• Danish: marineinfanteri f
• Dutch: marinier (nl) m
• Finnish: merijalkaväki (fi), rannikkojalkaväki
• French: infanterie de marine (fr) f, troupes de marine n
• German: Marine (de) f, Marineinfanteriekorps n, Marineinfanterie (de) f
• Greek: πεζοναύτες (el) f (pezonáftes)
• Hindi: मैरीन (hi) m (mairīn)
• Italian: fanteria di marina f
• Japanese: 海兵隊 (ja) (かいへいたい, kaiheitai)
• Korean: 해병대 (ko) (haebyeongdae)
• Portuguese: infantaria de marinha f, infantaria naval f
• Russian: морска́я пехо́та (ru) f (morskája pexóta), ко́рпус морско́й пехо́ты m (kórpus morskój pexóty)
• Spanish: infantería de marina f
• Swedish: marinkår (sv) n
• Vietnamese: thủy quân lục chiến (vi), lính thủy đánh bộ (vi)

Further reading

• United States Marine Corps on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Royal Marines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia