English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-West Germanic *mann English serviceman
From service + -man.
Pronunciation
Noun
serviceman (plural servicemen)
- A man who serves in the armed forces.
- A person, especially a man, employed in service and maintenance of equipment.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Korean: 서비스맨 (seobiseumaen)
Translations
man who serves in the armed forces
- Armenian: զինծառայող (hy) (zincaṙayoġ)
- Azerbaijani: hərbi qulluqçu
- Belarusian: вайсковаслужбо́вец m (vajskovaslužbóvjec), вае́нны (be) m (vajénny), вайско́вец m (vajskóvjec), вайско́вы (be) m (vajskóvy)
- Bulgarian: военнослу́жещ m (voennoslúžešt)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 軍人 / 军人 (zh) (jūnrén)
- Finnish: sotilas (fi) (anyone); varusmies (fi), asevelvollinen (fi) (conscript)
- French: militaire (fr) m
- German: Militärangehöriger (de) m
- Hungarian: katona (hu), a fegyveres erők tagja
- Japanese: 軍人 (ja) (ぐんじん, gunjin)
- Korean: 군인(軍人) (ko) (gunin)
- Māori: pāraeroa
- Polish: wojskowy (pl) m
- Portuguese: militar (pt) m or f
- Romanian: militar (ro) m, ostaș (ro) m
- Russian: военнослу́жащий (ru) m (vojennoslúžaščij), вое́нный (ru) m (vojénnyj)
- Spanish: militar (es), soldado (es) m
- Swahili: mwanajeshi (sw)
- Swedish: militär (sv) c
- Ukrainian: військовослужбо́вець (uk) m (vijsʹkovoslužbóvecʹ), військови́к m (vijsʹkovýk)
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one employed in service and maintenance
See also