swimmer

English

A swimmer (1)

Etymology

From Middle English swimmere, equivalent to swim +‎ -er. The dumplings are so called because they are often served in stew.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪm.ə(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪm.ɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)

Noun

swimmer (plural swimmers)

1. One who swims.
2. A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
3. A webfooted aquatic bird.
4. (chiefly in the plural, colloquial) A sperm.
5. (UK, informal) A Norfolk dumpling.

Derived terms

• blue swimmer crab
• ice swimmer
• little swimmer
• side swimmer
• synchronised swimmer
• synchronized swimmer
• winter swimmer

 

Translations

one who swims

• Albanian: notar (sq)
• Arabic: سَبَّاح m (sabbāḥ), عَوَّام m (ʕawwām)

  Moroccan Arabic: عوام m (ʕawwām)

• Armenian: լողորդ (hy) (loġord)
• Azerbaijani: üzgüçü (az), üzücü (az)
• Bulgarian: плувец m (pluvec)
• Catalan: nedador m, nedadora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 游泳者 (yóuyǒngzhě) (anyone who swims), 游泳選手／游泳选手 (yóuyǒng xuǎnshǒu) (as a competitor), 游泳運動員／游泳运动员 (yóuyǒng yùndòngyuán) (as an athlete)

• Cornish: neuvyer m, neuvyores f
• Czech: plavec (cs) m, plavkyně (cs) f
• Danish: svømmer (da) c
• Dutch: zwemmer (nl) m, zwemster (nl) f
• Estonian: ujuja
• Faroese: svimjari m
• Finnish: uimari (fi)
• French: nageur (fr) m, nageuse (fr) f
• Galician: nadador m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schwimmer (de) m, Schwimmerin (de) f
• Greek: κολυμβητής (el) m (kolymvitís)

  Ancient Greek: κολυμβητής m (kolumbētḗs)

• Haitian Creole: najè
• Hebrew: שחיין m (sakhyán), שחיינית f (sakhyanít)
• Hungarian: úszó (hu), úszónő (hu) f
• Icelandic: sundmaður m
• Irish: snámhóir m
• Italian: nuotatore (it) m, nuotatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 泳ぎ手 (およぎて, oyogite), 泳ぐ人 (およぐひと, oyogu hito)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەلەوان (melewan)

  Northern Kurdish: melevan (ku) c

• Kyrgyz: сүзгүч (ky) (süzgüc)
• Latin: natator (la) m
• Latvian: peldētājs m, peldētāja f
• Lithuanian: plaukikas (lt) m, plaukikė (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Schwëmmer m, Schwëmmerin f
• Macedonian: пливач m (plivač), пливачка f (plivačka)
• Malay: perenang (ms)
• Maltese: għawwiem m
• Manx: amyltagh m, snaueder m
• Maori: kaikauhoe
• Norman: nageux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svømmer m

  Nynorsk: symjar

• Old English: *swimmend m
• Persian: شناگر (fa) (šenâgar)
• Piedmontese: novador m
• Polish: pływak (pl) m, pływaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: nadador (pt) m
• Romanian: înotător (ro) m, înotătoare (ro) f
• Russian: плове́ц (ru) m (plovéc), пловчи́ха (ru) f (plovčíxa)
• Scottish Gaelic: snàmhaiche m, snàmhair m
• Serbo-Croatian: plivač (sh) m, plivačica (sh) f, пливач m, пливачица f
• Seychellois Creole: nazer
• Slovene: plaválec m, plaválka f
• Spanish: nadador (es) m, nadadora (es) f
• Swedish: simmare (sv) m, simmerska (sv) f
• Tagalog: manlalangoy
• Thai: นักว่ายน้ำ (nák-wâai-náam)
• Turkish: yüzücü (tr)
• Ukrainian: плавець (uk) m (plavecʹ), плавчиня f (plavčynja)
• Vietnamese: tuyển thủ bơi lội
• Welsh: nofiwr m, nofwraig f
• Yiddish: שווימער m (shvimer)