platoon
/pləˈtuːn/
platoon noun: a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
Noun
platoon (plural platoons)
- A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
- Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage.1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140
- A subdivision of a fire company, led by a captain or lieutenant.
- A group of self-driving vehicles travelling in a close convoy and communicating electronically with each other.
- A group of children in the platoon grouping education system.
Verb
platoon (third-person singular simple present platoons, present participle platooning, simple past and past participle platooned)
- To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher
- Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon.
- To specialize in a particular position or playing style.
- You must understand the rules of football in 1939. There was no platooning, so each man played both offense and defense.2014, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Greatest Moments in Iowa Hawkeyes Football History
- Of self-driving vehicles: to travel in a close convoy, each vehicle communicating electronically with the others.
platoon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
platoon in Hindi
- प्लाटून
platoon in Tamil
- ஒரு வகையான படை அலகு
platoon in Marathi
- पलटन
platoon in Urdu
- پلاٹون, پلٹن, پلیٹون
More languagesFewer languages
- platoon in Bengali
- পল্টন polṭon
- platoon in Telugu
- ప్లాటూన్
- platoon in Malayalam
- സേനാവിഭാഗം, പടയണിച്ചതീരം, സെെനികഗണം, പട്ടാളഘടകം
- platoon in Kannada
- ಕಿರು ಕಾಲುಪಡೆ
- platoon in Odia
- ପ୍ଲାଟୁନ, ପ୍ଲାଟୁନ୍
- platoon in Nepali
- पलटन, प्लाटुन
- platoon in Pashto
- بلوک bluk
- platoon in Arabic
- فَصِيلَة عَسْكَرِيَّة faṣīla ʕaskariyya, فَصِيلَة faṣīla
- platoon in Malay
- platun
- platoon in Indonesian
- peleton
- platoon in Vietnamese
- trung đội, tiểu đội
Examples of platoon in a sentence
- Jon was known for being the most upz guy in our platoon.
- The platoon braced itself for the dawn offensive.
- The platoon fought off the guerrilla attack.
Forms of platoon
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | platoons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | platoons |
| present participle | platooning |
| past participle | platooned |
| past | platooned |
Origin of platoon
From obsolete French plauton, variant of peloton, from Middle French pelote + -on. Doublet of peloton. Compare pellet.
Words formed from platoon
Phrases with platoon
Words that rhyme with platoon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about platoon
- What does platoon mean?
- Platoon means a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
- What is platoon in Hindi?
- Platoon in Hindi is प्लाटून. See Platoon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is platoon?
- Platoon can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce platoon?
- Platoon is pronounced /pləˈtuːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of platoon?
- The plural of platoon is platoons.
Words near platoon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: platoon (page history and authors); platoon (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platoon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); platoon (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platoon (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platoon (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platoon (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); platoon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); platoon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platoon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); بلوک (Pashto) (page history and authors). 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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