different between paramilitary vs militia

English

Etymology

para- +? military

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p????m?l??t??i/

Noun

paramilitary (plural paramilitaries)

1. A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
2. (colloquial) A member of a paramilitary group.

Translations

Adjective

paramilitary (not comparable)

1. relating to a paramilitary

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin m?litia (“army, military force/service”), from m?les (“soldier”). Doublet of militsia.

The use of "militia" rather than "police" to refer to the police force (of Belarus and some other countries) originated in the USSR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

militia (plural militias or militiae)

1. An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
2. Synonym of militsia: the national police force of certain countries (e.g. Belarus).

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From m?les (“soldier”) +? -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mi??li.ti.a/, [mi??l?t?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi?li.t?si.a/, [mi?li?t??s?i?]

Noun

m?litia f (genitive m?litiae); first declension

1. military service
2. the military, army, soldiery
3. warfare, war, campaign
4. civil service, profession, employment
5. (figuratively) military spirit, courage, bravery

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• militia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• militia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• militia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• militia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• militia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016