serviceman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?

Proto-Italic *serwos

Latin servus

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Latin servitiumbor.

Old French servisebor.

Old English serfis

Middle English servise

English service

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English serviceman

From service + -man.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

serviceman (plural servicemen)

A man who serves in the armed forces.
A person, especially a man, employed in service and maintenance of equipment.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Korean: 서비스맨 (seobiseumaen)

Translations

man who serves in the armed forces

Armenian: զինծառայող (hy) (zincaṙayoġ)
Azerbaijani: hərbi qulluqçu
Belarusian: вайсковаслужбо́вец m (vajskovaslužbóvjec), вае́нны (be) m (vajénny), вайско́вец m (vajskóvjec), вайско́вы (be) m (vajskóvy)
Bulgarian: военнослу́жещ m (voennoslúžešt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軍人 / 军人 (zh) (jūnrén)
Finnish: sotilas (fi) (anyone); varusmies (fi), asevelvollinen (fi) (conscript)
French: militaire (fr) m
German: Militärangehöriger (de) m
Hungarian: katona (hu), a fegyveres erők tagja
Japanese: 軍人 (ja) (ぐんじん, gunjin)
Korean: 군인(軍人) (ko) (gunin)
Māori: pāraeroa
Polish: wojskowy (pl) m
Portuguese: militar (pt) m or f
Romanian: militar (ro) m, ostaș (ro) m
Russian: военнослу́жащий (ru) m (vojennoslúžaščij), вое́нный (ru) m (vojénnyj)
Spanish: militar (es), soldado (es) m
Swahili: mwanajeshi (sw)
Swedish: militär (sv) c
Ukrainian: військовослужбо́вець (uk) m (vijsʹkovoslužbóvecʹ), військови́к m (vijsʹkovýk)

one employed in service and maintenance

Bulgarian: серви́зен техни́к m (servízen tehník)
Finnish: huoltomies (fi)
Hungarian: karbantartó (hu), szerelő (hu)
Korean: 서비스맨 (ko) (seobiseumaen)
Polish: serwisant (pl) m, serwisantka f

soldier — see soldier

warrior — see warrior