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masculine
/ljøtnɑ̃/
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Translation
lieutenant
Word origin
From Old French lieu tenant ('place-holding'), combining lieu ('place', from Latin locus) and tenant ('holding', from Latin tenere 'to hold'). It named a deputy who held a post in another's place, and was borrowed wholesale into English.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- lieu tenant
- English cognates
- lieutenant, tenant
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Plurallieutenants
Examples
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The lieutenant told his men to come back to the camp.
l' l'.
He became a lieutenant last year in the army.
mene l'.
The police lieutenant is leading the investigation.
l' .
The lieutenant gave the order to set off.
- .
My grandfather was a lieutenant during the war.
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