paramilitar

See also: paramilitär

Catalan

Etymology

From para- +‎ militar.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

paramilitar m or f (masculine and feminine plural paramilitars)

1. paramilitary

Further reading

• “paramilitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “paramilitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “paramilitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

From para- +‎ militar.

Adjective

paramilitar m or f (plural paramilitares)

1. paramilitary

Noun

paramilitar m or f by sense (plural paramilitares)

1. paramilitary (A member of a paramilitary group)

Further reading

• “paramilitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Occitan

Etymology

para- +‎ militar

Adjective

paramilitar m (feminine singular paramilitara, masculine plural paramilitars, feminine plural paramilitaras)

1. paramilitary

Portuguese

Etymology

From para- +‎ militar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.mi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾa.mi.liˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.mi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾa.mi.liˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.mi.liˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.mi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾa.mi.liˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.mi.liˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.mɨ.liˈtaɾ/, (proscribed) /pɐ.ɾɐ.mi.liˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.mɨ.liˈtaɾ/, (proscribed) /pɐ.ɾɐ.mi.liˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.mɨ.liˈta.ɾi/, (proscribed) /pɐ.ɾɐ.mi.liˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧mi‧li‧tar

Adjective

paramilitar m or f (plural paramilitares)

1. paramilitary

Noun

paramilitar m or f by sense (plural paramilitares)

1. paramilitary (a member of a paramilitary group)

Further reading

• “paramilitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “paramilitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paramilitaire. By surface analysis, para- +‎ militar.

Adjective

paramilitar m or n (feminine singular paramilitară, masculine plural paramilitari, feminine and neuter plural paramilitare)

1. paramilitary

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	paramilitar		paramilitară		paramilitari	paramilitare
	definite	paramilitarul		paramilitara		paramilitarii	paramilitarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	paramilitar		paramilitare		paramilitari	paramilitare
	definite	paramilitarului		paramilitarei		paramilitarilor	paramilitarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From para- +‎ militar.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

paramilitar m or f (masculine and feminine plural paramilitares)

1. paramilitary

Derived terms

• paramilitarmente

 

Noun

paramilitar m or f by sense (plural paramilitares)

1. paramilitary (A member of a paramilitary group)

Further reading

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