lieutenant

Summary

lieutenant is a military rank^[1]. lieutenant ranks in the top 4% of military_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,247 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• lieutenant's instance of is recorded as military rank^[3].
• lieutenant is a type of junior officer^[4].
• lieutenant's Commons category is recorded as Lieutenants^[5].
• lieutenant's said to be the same as is recorded as poruchik^[6].
• lieutenant's honorific prefix is recorded as Lieutenant^[7].
• lieutenant's IPA transcription is recorded as /lɛfˈtɛnənt/^[8].
• lieutenant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lieutenants^[9].
• lieutenant's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• lieutenant's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• lieutenant's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[12].
• lieutenant's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[13].
• lieutenant's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[14].
• lieutenant's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• lieutenant's NATO code for grade is recorded as OF-1^[16].
• lieutenant's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'por.'}^[17].
• lieutenant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'lieutenante'}^[18].
• lieutenant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'лейтенантка'}^[19].
• lieutenant's next lower rank is recorded as sub-lieutenant^[20].
• lieutenant's next lower rank is recorded as second lieutenant^[21].
• lieutenant's next higher rank is recorded as senior lieutenant^[22].
• lieutenant's next higher rank is recorded as captain^[23].
• lieutenant's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[24].

Body

Definition and Type

lieutenant's instance of is recorded as military rank^[3]. lieutenant is a type of junior officer^[4].

Influence

Things named for lieutenant include USS Hamilton^[25], a destroyer^[26] and True of Lieutenant Klimov^[27], a film^[28], directed by Oleg Dashkevich^[29].

Why It Matters

lieutenant ranks in the top 4% of military_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,247 views/month).^[2] lieutenant has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] lieutenant is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for lieutenant include USS Hamilton^[25], a destroyer^[26] and True of Lieutenant Klimov^[27], a film^[28], directed by Oleg Dashkevich^[29].