competitor

English edit

Alternative forms edit

competitour (obsolete)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French compétiteur, from Latin competitor.

Pronunciation edit

enPR: kəm-pĕtʹ-ĭ-tər, IPA^(key): /kəm.ˈpɛt.ɪ.təɹ/
- (UK) /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
  - Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/
Rhymes: -ɛtɪtə(ɹ)

Noun edit

competitor (plural competitors)

A person or organization against whom one is competing.
A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
(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 edit

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

(participant in a competition): contestant

Related terms edit

Translations edit

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 edit

optometric, potometric, topometric

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

conpetītor

Etymology edit

From competō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

a competitor, rival, adversary, opponent
(by extension) plaintiff
Synonym: petītor

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

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

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Descendants edit

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

References edit

“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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French compétiteur, Latin competitor.

Noun edit

competitor m (plural competitori)

competitor