lansquenete
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French lansquenet.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lɐ̃s.keˈne.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /lɐ̃ʃ.keˈne.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /lɐ̃s.keˈne.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ̃ʃ.kɨˈne.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: lans‧que‧ne‧te
Noun
lansquenete m (plural lansquenetes)
- (military, historical) lansquenet (one of a class of German mercenary of the 15th and 16th centuries)
Further reading
- “lansquenete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French lansquenet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lanskeˈnete/ [lãns.keˈne.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: lans‧que‧ne‧te
Noun
lansquenete m (plural lansquenetes)
- (military, historical) lansquenet (one of a class of German mercenary of the 16th and 17th centuries)
Further reading
- “lansquenete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025