paramilitary

See also: para-military

English

Alternative forms

• para-military

Etymology

From para- +‎ military.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹəˈmɪlɪˌtɛɹi/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

paramilitary (plural paramilitaries)

1. A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
2. (colloquial) A member of a paramilitary group.

Translations

a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凖軍事部隊 / 凖军事部队

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• French: organisation paramilitaire f
• Galician: organización/grupo/exército paramilitar
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: bojówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: organização/força/exército paramilitar
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: organización/grupo/ejército paramilitar
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

a member of a paramilitary group

• Catalan: paramilitar (ca) m or f
• French: paramilitaire (fr) m or f
• Galician: paramilitar m or f
• Manx: fo-hidoor m
• Portuguese: paramilitar (pt) m or f
• Romanian: paramilitar (ro) m or f
• Spanish: paramilitar (es) m or f
• Swedish: paramilitär (sv) c

Adjective

paramilitary (not comparable)

1. relating to a paramilitary [1935]

Translations

relating to a paramilitary

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: полувоенен (poluvoenen)
• Catalan: paramilitar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 准军事的

• Czech: polovojenský, paramilitantní
• Danish: paramilitær
• Dutch: paramilitair (nl)
• Finnish: puolisotilaallinen
• French: paramilitaire (fr)
• Galician: paramilitar m or f
• Greek: παραστρατιωτικός (el) (parastratiotikós)
• Italian: paramilitare (it)
• Manx: fo-hidooragh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paramilitær

  Nynorsk: paramilitær

• Occitan: paramilitar (oc)
• Polish: paramilitarny (pl)
• Portuguese: paramilitar (pt)
• Romanian: paramilitar (ro) m
• Russian: военизи́рованный (ru) (vojenizírovannyj), полувое́нный (ru) (poluvojénnyj)
• Spanish: paramilitar (es)
• Swedish: paramilitär (sv)