From Middle English militari, from Old French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles ("soldier").

• (British) IPA: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹi/
• (America) IPA: /ˈmɪl.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/
• (Philippines) IPA: /mɪ.lɪˈta.ɾi/

military (not comparable)

1. Characteristic of members of the armed forces.

   She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC ↗:

     At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

2. (North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).

   If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.

3. Relating to war.
4. Relating to armies or ground forces.

• German: Militär, militärisch, Krieg
• Italian: militare
• Portuguese: militar
• Russian: вое́нный
• Spanish: militar

• Russian: вое́нный
• Spanish: militar

• German: Krieg
• Portuguese: militar
• Russian: вое́нный
• Spanish: militar

• Portuguese: militar
• Russian: вое́нный

military

1. Armed forces.

   He spent six years in the military.

• French: armée, troupes
• German: Streitkräfte; Militär; Armee, Militärwesen
• Italian: esercito
• Portuguese: exército
• Russian: вооружённые си́лы
• Spanish: ejército, fuerzas armadas, fuerzas militares (Colombia), áscar (Morocco)

• militia