strangler

English

Etymology

strangle +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lə/

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Noun

strangler (plural stranglers)

1. Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
2. An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

Derived terms

• frog-strangler
• toad-strangler
• strangler fig

Translations

someone who strangles

• Bulgarian: удушвач m (udušvač)
• Danish: kvæler c
• Finnish: kuristaja (fi)
• French: étrangleur (fr) m, étrangleuse (fr) f
• German: Würger (de) m, Würgerin f
• Greek: στραγγαλιστής (el) m (strangalistís), πνίχτης (el) m (pníchtis)
• Italian: strangolatore (it) m
• Norman: êtranglieux m
• Polish: dusiciel (pl) m
• Portuguese: estrangulador (pt) m
• Russian: души́тель (ru) m (dušítelʹ), души́тельница (ru) f (dušítelʹnica)
• Spanish: estrangulador m