EuroLex/F/Lieutenant


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: lieutenant - 1. lieutenant

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from OF lieu tenant "substitute", literally "placeholder", from lieu "place" + tenant, prp. of tenir "to hold". The notion is of a "substitute" for higher authority. Specific military sense of "officer next in rank to a captain" is from 1578.

Pronunciation with lef- is common in Britain, and spellings to reflect it date back to 14c., but the origin of it is mysterious.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
Czech: nadporučík

Hungarian: főhadnagy, (Amerikában:) hadnagy

Italian: tenente

Polish:	porucznik

Portuguese: tenente

Slovak: nadporučík

Slovenian: poročnik

Spanish: teniente