EuroLex/F/Lieutenant
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: lieutenant - 1. lieutenant
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | løjtnant | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | luitenant | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| English | lieutenant | substitute: 14c;
officer next in rank to a captain: 16c | 'meaning 1' | 'substitute' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | leitnant | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | luutnantti | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Leutnant | 16c | 'meaning 1' | 'substitute' | http://www.koeblergerhard.de/derwbhin.html |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | leitnants | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | leitenantas | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | løytnant | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | löjtnant | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Annotations[edit | edit source]
Etymology: from OF lieu tenant "substitute", literally "placeholder", from lieu "place" + tenant, prp. of tenir "to hold". The notion is of a "substitute" for higher authority. Specific military sense of "officer next in rank to a captain" is from 1578.
Pronunciation with lef- is common in Britain, and spellings to reflect it date back to 14c., but the origin of it is mysterious.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages[edit | edit source]
Czech: nadporučík
Hungarian: főhadnagy, (Amerikában:) hadnagy
Italian: tenente
Polish: porucznik
Portuguese: tenente
Slovak: nadporučík
Slovenian: poročnik
Spanish: teniente