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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French compétiteur, from Latin competitor.
Pronunciation
Noun
competitor (plural competitors)
- A person or organization against whom one is competing.
1958 July, J. Spencer Gilks, “Railway Development at Kingston-upon-Thames—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 449:Hitherto the river had given facilities to Kingston traders which their competitors elsewhere could not possess, but now the railway took the malt from distant towns to the London market at lower rates than the bargemasters.
- A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
- (obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:Ioine with me now in this my meane eſtate, […]
And when my name and honor ſhall be ſpread,
As far as Boreas claps his braſen wings,
Or faire Botëes ſends his cheerefull light.
Then ſhalt thou be Competitor with me,
And ſit with Tamburlaine in all his maieſtie.
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person against whom one is competing
- Amharic: ተወዳዳሪ (täwädadari)
- Arabic: مُنَافِس m (munāfis)
- Armenian: մրցակից (hy) (mrcʻakicʻ)
- Azerbaijani: rəqib (az)
- Belarusian: канкурэ́нт m (kankurént), канкурэ́нтка f (kankuréntka), супе́рнік m (supjérnik), супе́рніца f (supjérnica), сапе́рнік m (sapjérnik), сапе́рніца f (sapjérnica)
- Bulgarian: конкуре́нт (bg) m (konkurént), конкуре́нтка f (konkuréntka), съпе́рник (bg) m (săpérnik), съпе́рница f (săpérnica), съпе́рничка f (săpérnička)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 競爭者 / 竞争者 (jìngzhēng zhě), 比賽者 / 比赛者 (bǐsài zhě), 競爭對手 / 竞争对手 (jìngzhēng duìshǒu)
- Czech: konkurent m, závodník (cs) m, závodníce f
- Danish: konkurrent (da) c
- Dutch: concurrent (nl) m, concurent
- Esperanto: konkuranto
- Finnish: kilpailija (fi)
- French: compétiteur (fr) m, compétitrice (fr) f, concurrent (fr) m, concurrente (fr) f
- Galician: competidor m
- Georgian: კონკურენტი (ḳonḳurenṭi), მეტოქე (meṭoke), მოცილე (mocile)
- German: Konkurrent (de) m, Konkurrentin (de) f
- Greek: ανταγωνιστής (el) m (antagonistís)
- Ancient Greek: ἀγωνιστής m (agōnistḗs)
- Hebrew: מִתְחָרֶה m (mitkhare), מתחרה f (mitkhara)
- Hindi: प्रतियोगी (hi) m (pratiyogī), प्रतिस्पर्धी m (pratispardhī)
- Icelandic: keppinautur m (in a contest), samkeppnisaðili m (competitor for market share, etc.)
- Indonesian: pesaing (id), saingan (id)
- Italian: avversario (it) m, rivale (it) m or f, competitore (it) m, antagonista (it) m or f
- Japanese: 競争者 (きょうそうしゃ, kyōsōsha)
- Kazakh: бақас (baqas), бақталас (baqtalas), бәсекелес (bäsekeles)
- Korean: 경쟁자(競爭者) (ko) (gyeongjaengja)
- Luhya: omushindani
- Macedonian: соперник m (sopernik), соперничка f (sopernička), конкурент m (konkurent), конкурентка f (konkurentka)
- Malayalam: എതിരാളി (ml) (etirāḷi)
- Māori: kaitauwhāinga
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: өрсөлдөгч (mn) (örsöldögč)
- Mongolian script: ᠥᠷᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠭᠴᠢ (örisüldügči)
- Norman: compétiteu m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: konkurrent (no) m
- Persian: رقیب (fa) (raqib)
- Polish: konkurent (pl) m, konkurentka (pl) f, współzawodnik m, współzawodniczka f, rywal (pl) m, rywalka (pl) f
- Portuguese: competidor (pt), adversário (pt), concorrente (pt)
- Romanian: competitor (ro) m, competitoare (ro) f, concurent (ro) m
- Russian: конкуре́нт (ru) m (konkurént), конкуре́нтка (ru) f (konkuréntka), сопе́рник (ru) m (sopérnik), сопе́рница (ru) f (sopérnica)
- Scottish Gaelic: co-fharpaiseach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: suparnik (sh) m, konkurent (sh) m, rival (sh) m
- Spanish: contrincante (es) m or f
- Swahili: mshindani (sw)
- Swedish: medtävlare (sv) c, konkurrent (sv)
- Tagalog: katagis
- Tajik: рақиб (raqib)
- Turkish: rakip (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: رقیب (rakib)
- Ukrainian: конкуре́нт m (konkurént), конкуре́нтка f (konkuréntka), супе́рник m (supérnyk), супе́рниця f (supérnycja)
- Uzbek: raqib (uz)
- Vietnamese: đối thủ (vi) (對手)
- Welsh: cystadleuwr m, ymrysonwr m
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participant in a competition
- Amharic: ተወዳዳሪ (täwädadari)
- Armenian: մրցակից (hy) (mrcʻakicʻ)
- Bulgarian: състеза́тел (bg) m (săstezátel), състезателка f (săstezatelka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 選手 / 选手 (zh) (xuǎnshǒu)
- Czech: soutěžící m
- Finnish: kilpailija (fi)
- Georgian: კონკურენტი (ḳonḳurenṭi), მეტოქე (meṭoke), მოწინააღმდეგე (moc̣inaaɣmdege)
- German: Wettkämpfer (de) m, Wettbewerbsteilnehmer (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: ἀγωνιστής m (agōnistḗs)
- Hebrew: מִתְחָרֶה m (mitkhare), מתחרה f (mitkhara)
- Hindi: प्रतिस्पर्धी m (pratispardhī)
- Hungarian: versenyző (hu)
- Icelandic: keppandi m
- Irish: iomaitheoir (ga) m
- Italian: concorrente (it) m or f
- Macedonian: натпреварувач m (natprevaruvač)
- Malayalam: മത്സരാർത്ഥി (matsarāṟtthi)
- Māori: kaiwhakataetae
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: өрсөлдөгч (mn) (örsöldögč)
- Mongolian script: ᠥᠷᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠭᠴᠢ (örisüldügči)
- Polish: zawodnik (pl) m, zawodniczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: competidor (pt) m, concorrente (pt) m or f
- Romanian: competitor (ro) m, concurent (ro) m, concurentă (ro) f
- Russian: сопе́рник (ru) m (sopérnik), сопе́рница (ru) f (sopérnica)
- Scottish Gaelic: co-fharpaiseach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: suparnik (sh) m, konkurent (sh), rival (sh) m
- Spanish: competidor (es) m
- Swedish: medtävlare (sv) c, konkurrent (sv) c, tävlare c, tävlande (sv) c
- Turkish: rakip (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: رقیب (rakib)
- Welsh: cystadleuwr m, ymrysonwr m
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Latin competītor From competō + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
competītor m (genitive competītōris, feminine competītrīx); third declension
- a competitor, rival, adversary, opponent
- (by extension) plaintiff
- Synonym: petītor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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References
- “competitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “competitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "competitor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “competitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “competitor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “competitor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French compétiteur, Latin competitor.
Noun
competitor m (plural competitori)
- competitor
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