le
masculine
/sɔl.da/
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Translation
soldier
Word origin
Borrowed from Italian soldato ('soldier'), from soldare ('to pay'), from soldo ('a coin, pay'), from Late Latin solidus, a Roman gold coin meaning 'solid'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- solidus
- English cognates
- soldier, solid, solidus
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralsoldats
Examples
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The soldier is very young.
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He wants to become a soldier one day.
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The soldiers have gone back home.
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A good soldier does not ask questions.
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My father was a soldier during the war.
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