infantry
/ˈɪnfəntɹi/
infantry noun: soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
Noun
infantry (countable and uncountable, plural infantries)
- Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
- Synonyms:
- footfolk
- The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
- A regiment of infantry.
- Infants; children.
- The next summer there was a crop of blackberries in the woods. I took wife and babies, supplied with lunch and horse feed; […] Wife took command of the infantry and I of the transportation. We were both soon calling loudly for assistance.1887, Transactions of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, page 142
infantry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
infantry in Hindi
- soldiers who fight on foot
- प्यादा pyādā, पदाति padāti, पाजी pājī
- the part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers
- पैदल सेना paidal senā
infantry in Tamil
- soldiers who fight on foot
- காலாள் kālāḷ
- the part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers
- காலாட்படை kālāṭpaṭai
infantry in Marathi
- पायदळ, पायदळ दल
infantry in Urdu
- پیدل فوج, پیادہ فوج
More languagesFewer languages
- infantry in Bengali
- পদাতিক সৈন্য, পদাতিক বাহিনী
- infantry in Telugu
- పదాతిబలము padātibalamu
- infantry in Malayalam
- കാലാൾ kālāḷ, കാലാൾപ്പട kālāḷppaṭa
- infantry in Kannada
- ಪದಾತಿ ಪಡೆ, ಕಾಲಾಳು ಸೈನ್ಯ, ಪಾಯದಳ, ಕಾಲಾಳು ಪಡೆ
- infantry in Punjabi
- ਪੈਦਲ ਸੈਨਾ, ਪੈਦਲ ਫੌਜ
- infantry in Gujarati
- પાયદળ pāyadaḷ
- infantry in Odia
- ପଦାତିକ ବାହିନୀ, ପଦାତିକ, ପଦାତିକ ସେନା
- infantry in Nepali
- पैदल सेना, पैदल फौज, पदातिक सेना
- infantry in Tagalog
- hukbong-lakad
- infantry in Arabic
- مُشَاة mušāh, بِيَادَة biyāda
- infantry in Malay
- infantri
- infantry in Indonesian
- infanteri
- infantry in Persian
- پیادهنظام piyâde-nezâm
- infantry in Thai
- ทหารราบ tá-hǎan-râap
- infantry in Vietnamese
- bộ binh
Examples of infantry in a sentence
- "Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
- The infantry were destroyed after the enemy carpet bombed the ground they were occupying.
- The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.
Synonyms of infantry
Forms of infantry
| plural | infantries |
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Origin of infantry
From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more.
Words formed from infantry
Phrases with infantry
Questions about infantry
- What does infantry mean?
- Infantry means soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
- What is infantry in Hindi?
- Infantry in Hindi is प्यादा (pyādā), पदाति (padāti), पाजी (pājī). See Infantry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is infantry?
- Infantry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce infantry?
- Infantry is pronounced /ˈɪnfəntɹi/.
- What is the plural of infantry?
- The plural of infantry is infantries.
Words near infantry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: infantry (page history and authors); infantry (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infantry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Infantry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infantry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infantry (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); પાયદળ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); infantry (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infantry (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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