platoon

• n. 小隊、連隊、グループ

フランス語のpeloton（小隊）、platoon（集団）から。語源は古フランス語のpelote（ボール）で、語源的にはpill（錠剤）、pellet（ペレット）と同じ。

platoon

platoon: [17] Platoon means etymologically ‘little ball’. It comes from French peloton, a diminutive form of pelote ‘ball’ (source of English pellet). The notion of a ‘small ball’ was extended in French to a ‘little cluster of people or group of soldiers’ – hence the meaning of English platoon.
=> pellet, pelota

platoon (n.)

1630s, from French peloton "platoon, group of people," from Middle French peloton (15c.), literally "little ball," hence, "agglomeration," diminutive of Old French pelote "ball" (see pellet).

platoon (v.)

in baseball, "to alternate (a player) with another in the same position," 1967, from platoon (n.), which had been used in team sports since 1941.

1. He is being guarded by a platoon of police.

警官隊が彼を見守っていた。

2. Platoon sergeants fell their men in on the barrack square.

小隊長たちは兵舎広場で隊列を整えた。

3.The platoon made its way to the pre-arranged rendezvous in the desert.

この列は事前に約束された砂漠の中の合流点に向かっている。

4.The lieutenant was put in charge of an infantry platon .

中尉は歩兵列の指揮を任された。

5.Seeing the platoon leader returning，everybody rushed up to meet him.

小隊長が帰ってきたのを見て、みんな急いで迎えに行った。