runner-up

English

Alternative forms

• runner up

Noun

runner-up (plural runners-up or runner-ups)

1. The person who finishes second.

   Remember, if the winner can not complete the duties, the runner-up will take over.

2. Second favorite.

Translations

the person who finishes second

• Arabic: وصيفة (ar) (waṣīfa) f (in beauty contest)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亚军 (cmn) (yàjūn), 第二名 (cmn) (dìèrmíng)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: 2de plaats
• Finnish: kakkonen (fi), toiseksi tullut, toka (fi) (colloquial), perintöprinsessa (fi) (in beauty contest)
• French: vice-champion (fr) m
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: toer (no) m
• Portuguese: segundo (pt) colocado (pt), segundo (pt), vice (pt)-campeão (pt)
• Russian: занявший второе место (ru) (zanjávšij vtoróje mésto) 
• Spanish: subcampeón (es) m, subcampeona (es) f, princesa (es) f (in beauty contest), suplente (es) (id)
• Swedish: tvåa (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can