"brigadier" meaning in French

See brigadier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʁi.ɡa.dje/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-brigadier.wav Forms: brigadiers [plural], brigadière [feminine]
Etymology: From brigade + -ier. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|brigade|-ier}} brigade + -ier Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} brigadier m (plural brigadiers, feminine brigadière)
  1. brigadier (military) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brigadier-fr-noun-usNtX24z
  2. (cavalry) Military rank equivalent to corporal Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brigadier-fr-noun-XqfWvKS0 Categories (other): Military ranks Disambiguation of Military ranks: 4 62 34
  3. crossing guard Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brigadier-fr-noun-wOeWCT~C Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ier Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 6 2 2 21 2 8 1 19 34 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 1 1 23 1 4 0 22 39 0 1 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 37 62 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ier: 2 40 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bricard, brigadier-chef, brigadier-général, brigadier scolaire, sous-brigadier

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "name": "desctree"
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      "text": "→ Dutch: brigadier\n→ Indonesian: brigadir\n→ Papiamentu: brigadir\n→ Sranan Tongo: brigadiri"
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    },
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        {
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: brigadier",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: brigadier"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: brigadier",
          "name": "desc"
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "Military rank equivalent to corporal"
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          "_dis": "1 37 62",
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          "ref": "2023 February 1 (last accessed), Careers - Jobs - Ottawa Safety Council:",
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          "crossing guard",
          "crossing guard"
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      ]
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    {
      "word": "brigadier scolaire"
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            "bor": "1"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: brigadier"
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            "bor": "1"
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      ],
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    },
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      "form": "brigadière",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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    },
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        "Military rank equivalent to corporal"
      ],
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          "cavalry"
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        "(cavalry) Military rank equivalent to corporal"
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        "masculine"
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          "crossing guard",
          "crossing guard"
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        "masculine"
      ]
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