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==English== |
==English== |
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[[File:Seuss cartoon.png|thumb|World War II editorial cartoon about a fifth column by {{w|Dr. Seuss}}]] |
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===Alternative forms=== |
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* {{alter|en|5th column}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From a 1936 radio address by Spanish Nationalist general |
From a 1936 radio address by Spanish Nationalist general {{w|Emilio Mola}}, in which he spoke of four of his army columns moving on Madrid and a {{m|es|quinta columna}} consisting of his militant supporters within the capital, intent on undermining the Republican government from within. |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# A group of people which [[clandestine]]ly [[undermine]]s a larger group, such as a [[nation]], to which it is expected to be [[loyal]]. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|author=|title=Madrid gives itself up to Franco|work=The Guardian|date=29 March 1939|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/29/archive-madrid-gives-itself-up-to-franco-1939|issn=0261-3077|passage=The rebels, who in November 1936 had fought to enter and failed, walked in yesterday as troops of the generally recognised Spanish Government, and not a shot was fired at them. The supporters of Franco in the city, the “'''fifth column'''” he once spoke of, had been waiting for this moment for more than two years.}} |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2020 January 2|author=Conrad Landin|title=Strife and strikes in post-war Britain|journal=Rail|page=52|text=Lloyd George's belief in a revolutionary '''fifth column''' <small>[the term hadn't been coined then]</small> driving the strike was replicated on [[Fleet Street]]. On October 1 <small>[1919]</small> ''The Times'' thundered: "The attempt of the strike leaders to subvert Constitutional government in this country and to starve the nation into acquiescence in their revolutionary designs will be defeated, as other onslaughts have been defeated, by the firmness of the people in defence of its liberties."}} |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal}} |
{{trans-top|a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal}} |
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|الطَّابُورُ الخَامِس|m}} |
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* Armenian: {{t|hy|հինգերորդ շարասյուն|sc=Armn}} |
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հինգերորդ շարասյուն|sc=Armn}} |
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* Belarusian: {{t|be|пятая калона|f|tr=pjátaja kalóna|sc=Cyrl}} |
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* Belarusian: {{t|be|пя́тая кало́на|f}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|пета колона|f|tr=péta kolóna|sc=Cyrl}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|пе́та коло́на|f}} |
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|cinquena columna|f}}, {{t|ca|quinta columna|f}} |
* Catalan: {{t|ca|cinquena columna|f}}, {{t|ca|quinta columna|f}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|第五縱隊 |
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|第五縱隊|tr=dì wǔ zòngduì}} |
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* Czech: {{t|cs|pátá kolona|f}} |
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pátá kolona|f}}, {{t|cs|vnitřní nepřítel|m}} |
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* Dutch: {{t|nl|vijfde colonne|m|f}} |
* Dutch: {{t|nl|vijfde colonne|m|f}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viides kolonna}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|cinquième colonne|f}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|cinquième colonne|f}} |
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* Georgian: {{t|ka|მეხუთე კოლონა}} |
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* German: {{t|de|Fünfte Kolonne|f}} |
* German: {{t|de|Fünfte Kolonne|f}} |
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* Greek: {{t|el|πέμπτη φάλαγγα|sc=Grek}} |
* Greek: {{t|el|πέμπτη φάλαγγα|sc=Grek}} |
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|第五列|tr=だいごれつ, daigoretsu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|第5列|tr=だいごれつ, daigoretsu|alt=第５列|sc=Jpan}} |
* Japanese: {{t|ja|第五列|tr=だいごれつ, daigoretsu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|第5列|tr=だいごれつ, daigoretsu|alt=第５列|sc=Jpan}} |
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* Kazakh: {{t|kk|бесінші лек|sc=Cyrl}} |
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|бесінші лек|sc=Cyrl}} |
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* Macedonian: {{t|mk|петта колона|f}} |
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* Persian: {{t|fa|ستون پنجم|tr=sotun panjom |
* Persian: {{t|fa|ستون پنجم|tr=sotun panjom}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|piąta kolumna|f}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|piąta kolumna|f}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t|pt|quinta coluna|f}} |
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|quinta coluna|f}} |
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* Russian: {{t|ru|пя́тая коло́нна|f}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пя́тая коло́нна|f}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|quinta columna|f}} |
* Spanish: {{t+|es|quinta columna|f}} |
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* Swedish: {{t|sv| |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|femtekolonn|c}} |
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* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|п' |
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|п'я́та коло́на|f}} |
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===See also=== |
===See also=== |
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* {{l|en|agent provocateur}} |
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* {{l|en|Trojan horse}} |
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[[Category:en:Five]] |
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{{C|en|Five}} |
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{{cln|en|terms calqued from Spanish}} |
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Latest revision as of 10:35, 6 November 2024
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a 1936 radio address by Spanish Nationalist general Emilio Mola, in which he spoke of four of his army columns moving on Madrid and a quinta columna consisting of his militant supporters within the capital, intent on undermining the Republican government from within.
Noun
[edit]fifth column (plural fifth columns)
- A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
- 1939 March 29, “Madrid gives itself up to Franco”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- The rebels, who in November 1936 had fought to enter and failed, walked in yesterday as troops of the generally recognised Spanish Government, and not a shot was fired at them. The supporters of Franco in the city, the “fifth column” he once spoke of, had been waiting for this moment for more than two years.
- 2020 January 2, Conrad Landin, “Strife and strikes in post-war Britain”, in Rail, page 52:
- Lloyd George's belief in a revolutionary fifth column [the term hadn't been coined then] driving the strike was replicated on Fleet Street. On October 1 [1919] The Times thundered: "The attempt of the strike leaders to subvert Constitutional government in this country and to starve the nation into acquiescence in their revolutionary designs will be defeated, as other onslaughts have been defeated, by the firmness of the people in defence of its liberties."
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fifth, column.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal
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