first lieutenant

Noun

 * 1)  The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade.
 * 2)  An equivalent rank in other military forces.

Usage notes
When used as a title, it is always capitalized.
 * Example: First Lieutenant John Smith. The rank of first lieutenant corresponds to pay grade O-2.

Abbreviations: 1st Lieutenant, 1st Lt., 1st LT, and 1LT.

Synonyms

 * lieutenant

Coordinate terms

 * lieutenant senior grade

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: nooremleitnant
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:,  ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: поручник
 * Norwegian: løytnant; premierløytnant
 * Portuguese: primeiro-tenente
 * Russian: пе́рвый лейтена́нт,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на̏тпоручнӣк, на̏тпоручница
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovene: nadporóčnik, nadporóčnica
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wušy leutnant
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 艦務官
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Turkish: