sniper

English

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Etymology

snipe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

sniper (plural snipers)

1. A person who carries the professional title of sniper
2. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
3. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.

Translations

a person who carries the professional title of sniper

• Armenian: սնայպեր (hy) (snayper) , դիպուկահար (hy) (dipukahar) 
• Catalan: franctirador (ca) m
• Finnish: tarkka-ampuja (fi)
• German: Sniper (de) m
• Icelandic: leyniskytta (is) f
• Indonesian: penembak tersembunyi (id)

• Macedonian: снајперист (mk) (snajperíst) m
• Russian: снайпер (ru) (snájper) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: snajpèrist (sh) f
• Spanish: francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: prickskytt (sv)
• Vietnamese: bắn tỉa (vi)

a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: սնայպեր (hy) (snayper) , դիպուկահար (hy) (dipukahar) 
• Catalan: franctirador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狙擊手 (cmn), 狙击手 (cmn) (jūjīshŏu)

• Czech: odstřelovač (cs) m
• Dutch: scherpschutter (nl) m, sluipschutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: (male or female) snajpero (eo), (female) snajperino (eo)
• Finnish: tarkka-ampuja (fi)
• German: Scharfschütze (de) m, Scharfschützin (de) f, Heckenschütze (de) m, Heckenschützin (de) f
• Hebrew: צלף (he) (tsaláf)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can

• Icelandic: leyniskytta (is) f
• Japanese: 狙撃手 (ja) (sogekishu), スナイパー (ja) (sunaipã)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: снајперист (mk) (snajperíst) m
• Persian: تک‌تیرانداز (fa) (taktirandaaz)
• Polish: snajper (pl) m
• Russian: снайпер (ru) (snájper) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: snaidhpear (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: snajpèrist (sh) f
• Spanish: francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: prickskytt (sv) c, krypskytt (sv) c
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position

• Armenian: սնայպեր (hy) (snayper) , դիպուկահար (hy) (dipukahar) 
• Finnish: sala-ampuja (fi)
• Icelandic: leyniskytta (is) f
• Macedonian: стрелец (mk) (strélec) m, снајперист (mk) (snajperíst) m

• Russian: снайпер (ru) (snájper) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: snaidhpear (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: snajpèrist (sh) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: tireur isolé (fr)
• Italian: cecchino (it) m
• Jèrriais: titheux muchi m
• Portuguese: franco-atirador (pt) m

• Serbo-Croatian: сна̀јпер (sh) m, snàjper (sh) m
• Spanish: francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: krypskytt (sv)

See also

• marksman
• sharpshooter

Anagrams

• repins, ripens, serpin