Translation
general (military rank)
Word origin
From Latin generalis, 'relating to the whole', built on genus. The military sense is a shortening of the French capitaine general, the captain over all the companies rather than one of them.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- generalis
- English cognates
- general, genus, generic
Examples
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The general ordered the soldiers to wait.
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Ten thousand men served under the general.
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The old general wrote a book about the war.
Esperanto keeps the two English senses apart, which is a small mercy. is only the officer; the adjective meaning general or overall is , with a ĝ, and the two are never confused in writing. Note also that the officer noun is and not o: the rank is the word.
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