fatigues

See also: fatigués

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fəˈtiːɡz/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

fatigues

1. plural of fatigue

Noun

fatigues pl (plural only)

1. (military) Menial duties, especially as punishment.

   Coordinate terms: CB, jankers

2. (US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.

   Coordinate terms: khakis, camos, blues

   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 9:

     He looked up, met gray eyes ringed with paintstick. She was wearing faded French orbital fatigues and new white sneakers.

   • 1996, Friends (TV series), "The One Where No One's Ready" [3.02], Act 2, approx. 12 minutes (of 23):

     Ross: … why do you have to wear underwear tonight?

     Joey: It's a rented tux, 'kay? I'm not gonna go commando in another man's fatigues.

   • 2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution‎^[1], The Center for International Security and Cooperation:

     The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.

Derived terms

• battle fatigues
• combat fatigues

 

Translations

menial military duties

• Greek: αγγαρεία (el) f (angareía)

military clothing

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: roba militar f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: gevechtstenue (nl) m or n, werkpak (nl) n
• French: treillis m
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: Arbeitsanzug (de) m, Arbeitsuniform f, Tarnanzug (de) m, Soldatenkleidung f
• Greek: στολή αγγαρείας f (stolí angareías)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
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• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: bojówki m pl
• Russian: полевая форма (polevaja forma)
• Spanish: traje de faena m
• Swedish: grötrock c, grötmundering c, linnekläder pl, arbetskläder (sv) pl

Verb

fatigues

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fatigue

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

fatigues

1. plural of fatiga

Etymology 2

Verb

fatigues

1. second-person singular present indicative of fatigar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.tiɡ/

• Audio:

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Noun

fatigues f

1. plural of fatigue

Anagrams

• fustigea

Portuguese

Verb

fatigues

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of fatigar

Spanish

Verb

fatigues

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of fatigar