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AWOL
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awol a.w.o.l. A.W.O.L.
English
Alternative forms
en awol a.w.o.l. A.W.O.L.
Etymology
en absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.
Pronunciation
en /ˈeɪ̯.wɔl/ /ˈeɪ̯.wɑl/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-AWOL.wav Southern England
en /ˈʔɐ.wɔl/ Philippines
Adjective
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en originally _ military Absent without official leave (permission).
en The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.
Derived terms
en go AWOL
Translations
absent without permission
Albanian: sq
Armenian: hy
Belarusian: be
French: fr absent sans autorisation, fr absent irrégulier, fr en absence irrégulière
German: de unerlaubt abwesend, de eigenmächtig abwesend, de unentschuldigt fehlend
Haitian Creole: ht fòlòp
Hungarian: hu
Italian: it assente senza permesso
Latvian: lv
Lithuanian: lt
Polish: pl nieobecny bez zezwolenia
Portuguese: pt ausente sem permissão
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru в самово́льной отлу́чке, ru в самово́лке
Slovak: sk
Spanish: es ausente sin permiso
Turkish: tr
Ukrainian: uk СЗЧ, uk самовільне залишення частини
Noun
en military Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.
en military A person who holds AWOL status.
en by extension Somebody who is absent without permission.
en figuratively Someone or something missing.
Synonyms
departure from military duty without permission en French leave; en UA unauthorized absence
other departure without permission en French leave; en no-call-no-show chiefly business
Translations
military: absence without proper authority
Finnish: fi luvaton poissaolo, slang fi puntis
French: fr absence irrégulière f, military fr ABSIR f
German: de unerlaubte Entfernung f de unerlaubte Entfernung von der Truppe f; de unerlaubte Abwesenheit f; de unerlaubte Abwesenheit von der Truppe f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb tyvperm m, nb tjuvperm m
Portuguese: pt desertor
Russian: ru самово́льная отлу́чка f, ru самово́льное увольне́ние n, ru самово́лка f colloquial, ru самохо́д m slang
Spanish: es ausente sin licencia, es desertor m, es desertora f
Swedish: sv bondpermission c, sv frånvaro utan giltig orsak c
military: person who holds AWOL status
Finnish: fi punttaaja
French: fr absent irrégulier m, fr absent sans autorisation m
German: de Fahnenflüchtiger m, de Fahnenflüchtige f
Spanish: es desertor m
generic: one who is absent without permission
Finnish: fi lintsari
German: de unerlaubt Abwesender
Italian: it assente senza permesso, it assente ingiustificato m
figuratively: someone or something missing
French: fr porté disparu
Anagrams
en alow alow
en People Military
en military slang