See cannon fodder on Wiktionary
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"Terms with Mandarin translations",
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"en:Military",
"en:People"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cannon",
"3": "fodder",
"t1": "artillery piece",
"t2": "food"
},
"expansion": "cannon (“artillery piece”) + fodder (“food”)",
"name": "compound"
},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Kanonenfutter",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "calque of German Kanonenfutter",
"name": "cal"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "en",
"3": "food for powder"
},
"expansion": "English food for powder",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Mid-19th century, from cannon (“artillery piece”) + fodder (“food”), a calque of German Kanonenfutter, itself possibly a calque of English food for powder. See the German for more.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "cannon fodder (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: forlorn hope"
},
{
"ref": "1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Victory for the Rebels:",
"text": "\"A foolish old half-pay officer,\" boomed Sir Hilton. \"Go back to your club, sir, and play bridge with other superannuated cannon-fodder, sir.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1951 January 8, Harry S. Truman, State of the Union Address:",
"text": "Soviet communism is trying to make these nations into colonies, and to use their people as cannon fodder in new wars of conquest.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 March 8, Pjotr Sauer, “‘They were sent as cannon fodder’: Siberian governor confronted by relatives of Russian unit”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "A Russian governor in Siberia has been confronted by angry citizens who blamed him for deploying a local riot police unit to Ukraine to become “cannon fodder”, a video clip circulating online showed.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Military forces considered to be expendable."
],
"links": [
[
"Military",
"military"
],
[
"forces",
"forces"
],
[
"expendable",
"expendable"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2021 March 25, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 San Marino”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "It is arrogant to simply dismiss San Marino and say they should not be playing qualifiers at this level but it is hard to see what England and manager Southgate learned from this one-sided, rather soulless experience against a team who were little more than cannon fodder.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any group of contestants that have no hope of success."
],
"links": [
[
"contestant",
"contestant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Any group of contestants that have no hope of success."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Artillery ammunition."
],
"links": [
[
"ammunition",
"ammunition"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Artillery ammunition."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cannonfodder"
},
{
"word": "cannon-fodder"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalaf midfaʕ",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَلَف مِدْفَع"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waqūd midfaʕ",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَقُود مِدْفَع"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waqūd ḥarb",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَقُود حَرْب"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"note": "թնդանոթի միս (tʻndanotʻi mis, literally “cannon meat”)",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"note": "гарма́тнае мя́са n (harmátnaje mjása, literally “cannon meat”)",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"note": "пу́шечно ме́со n (púšečno méso, literally “cannon meat”)",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn de canó"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pàohuī",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "炮灰"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kanónenfutr"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kanonføde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kanonnenvoer"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kanonnenvlees"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "kahuriliha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "tykinruoka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chair à canon"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kvemexis saḳvebi",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "ქვემეხის საკვები"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kvemexis xorci",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "ქვემეხის ხორცი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kanonenfutter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanoniotrofí",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κανονιοτροφή"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בְּשַׂר תּוֹתָחִים"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "top-cārā",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तोप-चारा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "yuddh bali",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "युद्ध बलि"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kainan cārā",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "कैनन चारा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "ágyútöltelék"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bia gunna mhóir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne da cannone"
},
{
"alt": "ほうだんのえじき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōdan no ejiki",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "砲弾の餌食"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "oq jemı",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "оқ жемі"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chong'albaji",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"word": "총알받이"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lielgabalgaļa"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "patrankų mėsa"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"note": "топовско месо n (topovsko meso, literally “cannon meat”)",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kanonføde"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kanonfôr"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mięso armatnie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne de canhão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bucha de canhão"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne de tun"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "пу́шечное мя́со n (púšečnoje mjáso, literally “cannon meat”)",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "топовско месо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "topovsko meso"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potrava pre delá"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "topovsko meso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne de cañón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kanonmat"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kanonföda"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "гарма́тне м'я́со n (harmátne mʺjáso, literally “cannon meat”)",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ysglyfaeth gynnau"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "military forces considered to be expendable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bwyd i'r gynnau"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cannon fodder"
],
"word": "cannon fodder"
}
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