general
Swedish
/jɛn(ɛ)ˈrɑːl/
noun
Definitions
- a general; a military title
- an Air Chief Marshal
Etymology
Borrowed from German General derived from Old French general derived from Latin generālis (general).
Origin
Latin
generālis
Gloss
general
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- general English
- jalkaväenkenraali Finnish
- kenraali Finnish
- kenraalibasso Finnish
- kenraaliharjoitus Finnish
- kenraalikunta Finnish
- kenraalikuvernööri Finnish
- kenraaliluutnantti Finnish
- kenraalimajuri Finnish
- kenraalisto Finnish
- kenraalitar Finnish
- lakkokenraali Finnish
- prikaatikenraali Finnish
- generalis, generālis Latin
- generaliter Latin
- generālis Latin
- General German
- Generaladmiral German
- Generalbundesanwalt German
- Generalgouverneur German
- Generalität German
- Generaloberst German
- Ordensgeneral German
- général French
- генера́л Russian
- генерал Russian
- general Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- general Portuguese
- brigad Swedish
- brigadgeneral Swedish
- direktör Swedish
- generaldirektör Swedish
- generalinspektör Swedish
- generalkonsul Swedish
- generallöjtnant Swedish
- generalmajor Swedish
- generalsekretariat Swedish
- generalsekreterare Swedish
- generalöverste Swedish
- inspektör Swedish
- konsul Swedish
- löjtnant Swedish
- major Swedish
- sekretariat Swedish
- sekreterare Swedish
- överste Swedish
- general Old French
- general Serbo-Croatian
- генерал Serbo-Croatian
- general Catalan, Valencian
- генерал Bulgarian
- general Middle High German
- general Middle French
- gẽeral Old Portuguese
- генерал Macedonian
- general Slovene