English
Noun
fifth column (plural fifth columns)
- (dated) A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
Translations
a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal
- Armenian: հինգերորդ շարասյուն (hingerord šarasyun)
- Belarusian: пятая калона f (pjátaja kalóna)
- Bulgarian: пета колона f (péta kolóna)
- Catalan: cinquena columna f, quinta columna f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 第五縱隊 (zh), 第五纵队 (zh) (dì wǔ zòngduì)
- Czech: pátá kolona f
- Dutch: vijfde colonne m, f
- French: cinquième colonne (fr) f
- German: Fünfte Kolonne f
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- Greek: πέμπτη φάλαγγα (pémpti fálanga)
- Japanese: 第五列 (だいごれつ, daigoretsu), 第５列 (だいごれつ, daigoretsu)
- Kazakh: бесінші лек (besinşi lek)
- Persian: ستون پنجم (sotun panjom)
- Polish: piąta kolumna (pl) f
- Portuguese: quinta coluna f
- Russian: пя́тая коло́нна (ru) f (pjátaja kolónna)
- Spanish: quinta columna (es) f
- Swedish: femte kolonn c
- Ukrainian: п'ята колона f (p'játa kolóna)
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