competitor

English

Alternative forms

• competitour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French compétiteur, from Latin competitor.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kəm-pĕtʹ-ĭ-tər, IPA^(key): /kəm.ˈpɛt.ɪ.təɹ/
  • (UK) /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/

    • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (US) /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

competitor (plural competitors)

1. A person or organization against whom one is competing.
2. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
3. (obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal.
   • c. 1587–1588, [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.

Synonyms

• (person against whom one is competing): adversary (loosely), opponent (loosely)

• (participant in a competition): contestant

Derived terms

• anticompetitor
• archcompetitor
• competitorship
• competitress
• coopetitor
• intercompetitor
• noncompetitor
• supercompetitor

 

Related terms

• compete
• competition
• competitive

Translations

person against whom one is competing

• 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 (sǎpérnik), съпе́рница f (sǎpérnica), съпе́рничка f (sǎpérnička)
• 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: ἀγωνιστής m (agōnistḗs)

• Hebrew: מִתְחָרֶה m (mitkhare), מתחרה f (mitkhara)
• Hindi: प्रतियोगी (hi) m (pratiyogī)
• Icelandic: keppinautur m (in a contest), samkeppnisaðili m (competitor for market share, etc.)
• 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)
• Maori: kaitauwhāinga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: өрсөлдөгч (mn) (örsöldögč)

  Mongolian: ᠥᠷᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠭᠴᠢ (örisüldüɣči)

• 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:

  Roman: suparnik (sh) m, konkurent (sh) m, rival (sh) m

• Spanish: contrincante m or f
• Swahili: mshindani (sw)
• Swedish: medtävlare (sv) c, konkurrent (sv)
• Tagalog: katagis
• Tajik: рақиб (raqib)
• Turkish: rakip (tr)
• 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

participant in a competition

• Armenian: մրցակից (hy) (mrcʻakicʻ)
• Bulgarian: състеза́тел (bg) m (sǎstezátel)
• 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: ἀγωνιστής m (agōnistḗs)

• Hebrew: מִתְחָרֶה m (mitkhare), מתחרה f (mitkhara)
• Hungarian: versenyző (hu)
• Icelandic: keppandi m
• Irish: iomaitheoir (ga) m
• Italian: concorrente (it) m or f
• Macedonian: натпреварувач m (natprevaruvač)
• Malayalam: മത്സരാർത്ഥി (matsarāṟtthi)
• Maori: kaiwhakataetae
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: өрсөлдөгч (mn) (örsöldögč)

  Mongolian: ᠥᠷᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠭᠴᠢ (örisüldüɣči)

• 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:

  Roman: suparnik (sh) m, konkurent (sh), rival (sh) m

• Spanish: competidor (es) m
• Swedish: medtävlare (sv) c, konkurrent (sv) c, tävlare c
• Welsh: cystadleuwr m, ymrysonwr m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} მეტოქე (meṭoke)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} competidor (es) m

Anagrams

• optometric, potometric, topometric

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpetītor

Etymology

From competō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈtiː.tor/, [kɔmpɛˈt̪iːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈti.tor/, [kompeˈt̪iːt̪or]

Noun

competītor m (genitive competītōris, feminine competītrīx); third declension

1. a competitor, rival, adversary, opponent
2. (by extension) plaintiff

   Synonym: petītor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	competītor	competītōrēs
Genitive	competītōris	competītōrum
Dative	competītōrī	competītōribus
Accusative	competītōrem	competītōrēs
Ablative	competītōre	competītōribus
Vocative	competītor	competītōrēs

Related terms

• compitum
• competēns
• competenter
• competentia
• competitio
• competitrix

Descendants

• Catalan: competidor
• Friulian: competidôr
• Italian: competitore
• → Middle French: compétiteur
  • → English: competitor
  • French: compétiteur
  • → Norman: compétiteu
• Portuguese: competidor
• Romanian: competitor
• Spanish: competidor

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’s 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)

1. competitor

Related terms

• competiție
• competitiv