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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

The soldier is very young.

He wants to become a soldier one day.

The soldiers have gone back home.

A good soldier does not ask questions.

My father was a soldier during the war.

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This word is part of lesson 15.