English
WOTD – 15 January 2009
Etymology
From Middle English brigaunt, bregaund circa 1400, from Old French brigand (“foot soldier”) attested from 1421, from Italian briga (“trouble, bother”), perhaps ultimately of Proto-Germanic or Celtic origin.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/
- Rhymes: -ɪɡənd
Noun
brigand (plural brigands)
- (crime) An outlaw or bandit.
- Hyponym: pirate
Derived terms
Translations
bandit
- Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak)
- Old Armenian: աւազակ (awazak)
- Azerbaijani: qaçaq, quldur
- Bashkir: юлбаҫар (yulbaśar)
- Bulgarian: разбо́йник (bg) m (razbójnik), банди́т (bg) m (bandít)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 強盜 / 强盗 (zh) (qiángdào), 土匪 (zh) (tǔfěi)
- Czech: zbojník (cs) m
- Danish: røver c
- Dutch: rover (nl), bandiet (nl)
- Esperanto: eksterleĝulo
- Finnish: rosvo (fi)
- French: brigand (fr) m, bandit (fr) m
- Georgian: ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi), ავაზაკი (avazaḳi)
- German: Brigant (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: λῃστής m (lēistḗs)
- Hebrew: שודד (he) m, לסטים (he) m (listim)
- Hungarian: briganti (hu)
- Italian: bandito (it) m, brigante (it) m, malandrino (it) m, masnadiere (it) m
- Japanese: 山賊 (ja) (さんぞく, sanzoku)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: چەتە (çete)
- Latin: latrō (la) m
- Macedonian: ра́збојник m (rázbojnik), разбо́јничка f (razbójnička), разбо́јница f (razbójnica), банди́т m (bandít), банди́тка f (bandítka)
- Manx: roosteyr m
- Mingrelian: ავაზაკი (avazaḳi)
- Ottoman Turkish: حیدود (haydud), هایطه (hayta)
- Polish: bandyta (pl) m, zbój (pl) m
- Portuguese: bandido (pt) m
- Russian: разбо́йник (ru) m (razbójnik), разбо́йница (ru) f (razbójnica), банди́т (ru) m (bandít), банди́тка (ru) f (bandítka)
- Scottish Gaelic: spùinneadair m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ха̀јдӯк m, ба̀ндӣт
- Roman: hàjdūk (sh) m, bàndīt (sh) m
- Sicilian: briganti m or m pl or f or f pl
- Spanish: bandido (es) m
- Swedish: stråtrövare (sv)
- Turkish: eşkıya (tr), haydut (tr)
- Udi: абазакӏ (abazaḳ)
- Ukrainian: розбі́йник m (rozbíjnyk)
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See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
brigand m (plural brigands)
- (derogatory) thief
Adjective
brigand (feminine brigande, masculine plural brigands, feminine plural brigandes)
- (Louisiana, Cajun) mischievous
Further reading
Old French
Noun
brigand oblique singular, m (oblique plural briganz or brigantz, nominative singular briganz or brigantz, nominative plural brigand)
- foot soldier
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (brigand)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French brigand.
Noun
brigand m (plural briganzi)
- brigand
Declension
Declension of brigand
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singular
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plural
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indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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| nominative-accusative
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brigand
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brigandul
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briganzi
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briganzii
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brigand
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brigandului
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briganzi
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briganzilor
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brigandule
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briganzilor
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