Meanings
nounfield marshal (plural field marshals)
plural field marshals
- governmentIn certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander-in-chief; now mostly disused, being reserved for wartime or post-wartime use, and having become ceremonial in some countries.
Origin
- Middle Frenchmaréchal de camp
- GermanFeldmarschall
- Englishfield marshal
From field + marshal, calque of German Feldmarschall or its source, Middle French maréchal de camp.
More words from German, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans field marshall
- field marshallhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Arabic مُشِير
- مُشِير (mušīr)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Bulgarian фелдмаршал
- фелдмаршал (feldmaršal)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Catalan mariscal de camp
- mariscal de camphighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Chinese Mandarin 陸軍元帥 /陆军元帅, 元帥 /元帅
- 陸軍元帥 /陆军元帅 (lùjūn yuánshuài)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- 元帥 /元帅 (yuánshuài)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- 司令 (sīlìng)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Czech polní maršál, feldmaršál
- polní maršálhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- feldmaršálhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- polní maršálekhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- feldmaršálekhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Danish feltmarskal
- feltmarskalhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Dutch veldmaarschalk
- veldmaarschalkhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Estonian armeekindral, armee ülemjuhataja
- armeekindralhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- armee ülemjuhatajahighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Finnish kenttämarsalkka
- kenttämarsalkkahighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
French maréchal, maréchal de camp
- maréchalhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- maréchal de camphighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
German Feldmarschall, Generalfeldmarschall
- Feldmarschallhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- Generalfeldmarschallhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Greek στρατάρχης
- στρατάρχης (stratárchis)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Hebrew פִילְדְמַרְשָׁל, פֶלְדְמַרְשָׁל
- פִילְדְמַרְשָׁל (fildmarshál)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- פֶלְדְמַרְשָׁל (feldmarshál)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Hindi फील्ड मार्शल
- फील्ड मार्शल (phīlḍ mārśal)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Hungarian tábornagy, marsall
- tábornagyhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- marsallhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Icelandic sviði marshal
- sviði marshalhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Irish marascal machaire
- marascal machairehighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Italian feldmaresciallo, maresciallo di campo
- feldmaresciallohighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- maresciallo di campohighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Japanese 陸軍元帥, 元帥
- 陸軍元帥 (rikugun gensui)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- 元帥 (gensui)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Korean 원수
- 원수 (wonsu)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Malay fil marsyal
- fil marsyalhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Māori ariki whawhai
- ariki whawhaihighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Norwegian feltmarskalk
- feltmarskalkhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Persian فیلد مارشال
- فیلد مارشال (fild mâršâl)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Polish feldmarszałek, marszałek polny
- feldmarszałekhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- marszałek polnyhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Portuguese marechal de campo, marechal
- marechal de campohighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- marechalhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Romanian feldmareșal
- feldmareșalhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Russian фельдма́ршал
- фельдма́ршал (felʹdmáršal)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Slovak poľný maršal
- poľný maršalhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Spanish mariscal de campo
- mariscal de campohighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Swedish fältmarskalk
- fältmarskalkhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Tamil படைத்துறை உயர் தளபதி
- படைத்துறை உயர் தளபதி (paṭaittuṟai uyar taḷapati)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Thai จอมพล
- จอมพล (jɔɔm-pon)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Ukrainian фельдма́ршал
- фельдма́ршал (felʹdmáršal)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Vietnamese thống soái, thống tướng
- thống soáihighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- thống tướnghighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
- thống chếhighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Welsh cadlywydd maes
- cadlywydd maeshighest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Yiddish פֿעלדמאַרשאַל
- פֿעלדמאַרשאַל (feldmarshal)highest military rank after the commander-in-chief
Cite this entry
APA
field marshal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20marshal
MLA
“field marshal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20marshal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “field marshal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20marshal.
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