Meanings
nounmilitary service (uncountable)
- uncountableService in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).
The virtues of national service, including military service, were extolled in the evening's presentations.
Synonyms: service[Appendix:Glossary · Antonyms: non-military service
Synonyms & antonyms
nounService in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).
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Translations
Afrikaans militêre diens
- militêre diensservice in an army
Arabic خِدْمَةٌ عَسْكَرِيَّة
- خِدْمَةٌ عَسْكَرِيَّة (ḵidmatun ʕaskariyya)service in an army
Basque soldadutza, gudaritza
- soldadutzaservice in an army
- gudaritzaservice in an army
- soldadugoaservice in an army
- soldaduskaservice in an army
Bulgarian вое́нна слу́жба
- вое́нна слу́жба (voénna slúžba)service in an army
Catalan servei militar, mili
- servei militarservice in an army
- miliservice in an army
Chinese Cantonese 兵役
- 兵役 (bing¹ jik⁶)service in an army
Chinese Mandarin 兵役
- 兵役 (bīngyì)service in an army
Czech vojenská služba, vojna
- vojenská službaservice in an army
- vojnaservice in an army
Danish militærtjeneste
- militærtjenesteservice in an army
Dutch militaire dienst, legerdienst
- militaire dienstservice in an army
- legerdienstservice in an army
Esperanto militservo
- militservoservice in an army
Estonian sõjaväeteenistus
- sõjaväeteenistusservice in an army
Finnish asepalvelus, varusmiespalvelus
- asepalvelusservice in an army
- varusmiespalvelusservice in an army
French service militaire
- service militaireservice in an army
German Militärdienst, Wehrdienst
- Militärdienstservice in an army
- Wehrdienstservice in an army
- Kriegsdienstservice in an army
Greek θητεία, στρατιωτική υπηρεσία
- θητεία (thiteía)service in an army
- στρατιωτική υπηρεσία (stratiotikí ypiresía)service in an army
- στρατιωτική θητεία (stratiotikí thiteía)service in an army
Hungarian katonai szolgálat
- katonai szolgálatservice in an army
Indonesian dinas militer
- dinas militerservice in an army
Irish seirbhís mhíleata, seirbhís airm
- seirbhís mhíleataservice in an army
- seirbhís airmservice in an army
Italian servizio militare
- servizio militareservice in an army
Japanese 兵役, 軍役
- 兵役 (heieki)service in an army
- 軍役 (gun'eki)service in an army
- 軍役 (gun'yaku)service in an army
Korean 병역, 군역
- 병역 (byeong'yeok)service in an army
- 군역 (gunyeok)service in an army
Latin mīlitia
- mīlitiaservice in an army
Latvian karadienests
- karadienestsservice in an army
Lithuanian karo tarnyba, kariuomenė
- karo tarnybaservice in an army
- kariuomenėservice in an army
Norwegian Bokmål militærtjeneste
- militærtjenesteservice in an army
Polish służba wojskowa, żołnierka
- służba wojskowaservice in an army
- żołnierkaservice in an army
Portuguese serviço militar
- serviço militarservice in an army
Romanian serviciu militar
- serviciu militarservice in an army
Russian вое́нная слу́жба, во́инская слу́жба
- вое́нная слу́жба (vojénnaja slúžba)service in an army
- во́инская слу́жба (vóinskaja slúžba)service in an army
Slovak vojenská služba
- vojenská službaservice in an army
Spanish servicio militar, mili
- servicio militarservice in an army
- miliservice in an army
- colimbaservice in an army
- chiriservice in an army
- chepaservice in an army
Swedish militärtjänstgöring, militärtjänst
- militärtjänstgöringservice in an army
- militärtjänstservice in an army
- lumpenservice in an army
Tagalog hukbuhing lingkod
- hukbuhing lingkodservice in an army
Turkish askerlik hizmeti
- askerlik hizmetiservice in an army
Ukrainian військо́ва слу́жба
- військо́ва слу́жба (vijsʹkóva slúžba)service in an army
Cite this entry
APA
military service. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/military%20service
MLA
“military service.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/military%20service. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “military service,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/military%20service.
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