militar

militar (comparative more militar, superlative most militar)

1. Obsolete form of military.
   • 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:

     the soldiery and militar forces of the realm

militar

1. Obsolete form of military.

• IPA^(key): /miliˈtaɾ/ [mi.liˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mi‧li‧tar

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

militar (epicene, plural militares)

1. military (characteristics of members of the armed forces)

militar m or f (plural militares)

1. soldier

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāre.

militar (first-person singular indicative present milito, past participle militáu)

1. to participate in a political group or movement

Borrowed from Spanish militar.

• IPA^(key): /miliˈtaɾ/ [mi.l̪iˈtaɾ]
• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧tar

militár (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜍ᜔)

1. military

   Synonym: panghukbo

militár (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜍ᜔)

1. military

   Synonym: hukbo

2. soldier

   Synonym: soldado

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mi.liˈtar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mi.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mi.liˈtaɾ]

militar m or f (masculine and feminine plural militars)

1. military

militar m or f by sense (plural militars)

1. soldier

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mi.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mi.liˈtaɾ]

militar (first-person singular present milito, first-person singular preterite milití, past participle militat) (intransitive)

1. to serve in the army
2. to participate actively (in a political party or movement)

• “militar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “militar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “militar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “militar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /miliˈtaɾ/ [mi.liˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧tar

Learned borrowing from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

militar m or f (plural militares)

1. military (characteristics of members of the armed forces)

militar m or f by sense (plural militares)

1. soldier

   Synonym: soldado

Borrowed from Spanish mīlitāre.

militar (first-person singular present milito, first-person singular preterite militei, past participle militado)

1. to participate in a political group or movement

• “militar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “militar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

militar (not comparable)

1. military

Borrowed from Italian militare. Doublet of militari.

• IPA^(key): /mɪ.lɪˈtaːr/

militar m (plural militari)

1. military
   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Wieħed mill-ġirien, ċertu Ċikku Sinagra, raġel pulit u fuq tiegħu donnu xi ex-surġent tal-militar, kien iħobb joqgħod jippassiġġa tul it-triq kollha.

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Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

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militar m (feminine singular militara, masculine plural militars, feminine plural militaras)

1. military

• militarizar
• paramilitar

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• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧tar

Learned borrowing from Latin militāris.

militar m or f (plural militares)

1. military (relating to war or armed forces)

• militarismo
• militarista
• paramilitar

militar m or f by sense (plural militares)

1. a member of the military or of a military government; military serviceman

Learned borrowing from Latin mīlitāre.

militar (first-person singular present milito, first-person singular preterite militei, past participle militado)

1. to militate

• “militar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “militar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French militaire, Latin militaris.

• IPA^(key): [solˈdat]

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militar m (plural militari)

1. soldier

   Synonyms: ostaș, soldat

• IPA^(key): /miliˈtaɾ/ [mi.liˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mi‧li‧tar

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

militar m or f (masculine and feminine plural militares)

1. military
   • 2021 November 20, Ana Cucalón, “Venezuela logra récord Guinness con la orquesta más grande del mundo”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     La interpretación de la marcha eslava realizada el sábado 13 de noviembre en el patio de honor de la academia militar de Caracas ganó el récord Guinness cómo la orquesta más grande del mundo al superar los 8.097 músicos tocando de forma simultánea por más de 5 minutos.

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militar m or f by sense (plural militares)

1. soldier

   Synonyms: soldado, (colloquial) milico

2. any person serving in the military

   Synonym: (colloquial) milico

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāre, from mīlitō (“to be a soldier”).

militar (first-person singular present milito, first-person singular preterite milité, past participle militado)

1. to participate actively in a political organization, especially in the military

• “militar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish militar, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /miliˈtaɾ/ [mɪ.lɪˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mi‧li‧tar

militár (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔)

1. soldier; military man

   Synonyms: sundalo, kawal, taong-hukbo

militár (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔)

1. military; of the army

   Synonyms: panghukbo, pangmilitar

• “militar”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “militar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018