lieutenant colonel

See also: lieutenant-colonel and Lieutenant Colonel

English

Noun

lieutenant colonel (plural lieutenant colonels or lieutenants colonel)

1. An army officer in many countries, ranking below a colonel and above a major. Often the commander of a battalion or the executive officer of a regiment.

   Synonym: (UK colloquial) half-colonel

2. An English-language term used as a general categorization for military officer ranks that are the equivalent of lieutenant colonel, the relative rank level is found in most countries.
3. An officer in the United States Marine Corps or Royal Marines, of equivalent rank to their counterparts in the army.
4. An officer in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard, ranking below colonel and above major. Often the commander of a squadron or the executive officer of a wing.

Usage notes

When used as a title, it is always capitalized.

Example: Lieutenant Colonel John Doe.

Under the NATO rank equivalency system, the U.S. rank corresponds to pay grade O-5.

Derived terms

• LieutCol
• Lieut. Col.
• Lieut Col
• light colonel
• LTC
• Lt. Col.
• Lt Col
• LtCol

 

Translations

military rank

• Catalan: tinent coronel m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中校 (zh) (zhōngxiào)

• Czech: podplukovník (cs) m
• Estonian: kolonelleitnant
• Finnish: everstiluutnantti (fi)
• French: lieutenant-colonel (fr) m
• Galician: tenente coronel (gl) m
• German: Oberstleutnant (de) m
• Greek: αντισυνταγματάρχης (el) (antisyntagmatárchis) (army), αντισμήναρχος (el) (antismínarchos) (airforce)
• Hebrew: סגן אלוף (s'gán alúf, literally “deputy champion”)
• Hungarian: alezredes (hu)
• Indonesian: letnan kolonel (id)
• Italian: tenente colonnello m
• Korean: 중령 (ko) (jungnyeong) (South Korea), 중좌 (jungjwa) (North Korea)
• Macedonian: потполковник m (potpolkovnik)
• Malay: leftenan kolonel
• Manx: aachernyl m
• Polish: podpułkownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: tenente-coronel m
• Romanian: locotenent-colonel (ro) m
• Russian: подполко́вник (ru) m (podpolkóvnik)
• Spanish: teniente coronel
• Swahili: luteni kanali
• Swedish: överstelöjtnant (sv) c
• Tagalog: tenyente koronel
• Turkish: yarbay (tr)
• Ukrainian: підполко́вник m (pidpolkóvnyk), підполко́вниця f (pidpolkóvnycja)

References

• Officer Ranks and Insignia, US Dept. of Defense