grenadier

== English == === Etymology === From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade +‎ -ier. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) === Noun === grenadier (plural grenadiers) (military) A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom. (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop. (zoology) Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail. (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === earringed, rereading, Readinger, Dearinger, garde rein == French == === Etymology === From grenade +‎ -ier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁə.na.dje/ === Noun === grenadier m (plural grenadiers) pomegranate tree Synonym: (obsolete) migrainier (military) grenadier === Further reading === “grenadier”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “grenadier”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “grenadier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === dénigrera == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === grenadier m (definite singular grenadieren, indefinite plural grenadiere, definite plural grenadierne) a Grenadian (person from Grenada) ==== Related terms ==== Grenada grenadisk == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French grenadier. === Noun === grenadier m (plural grenadieri) grenadier ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Grenada +‎ -ier === Noun === grenadier c person from Grenada ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with grenadjär (“grenadier”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Grenada grenadisk grenadiska === Anagrams === girerande