fencer

English

Etymology

fence +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnsə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnsəɹ/
- IPA^(key): [ˈfɛnsɚ]
Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

fencer (plural fencers)

A participant in the sport of fencing.
A person who makes, installs, repairs, or maintains fences.

Derived terms

chive-fencer

Translations

a participant in the sport of fencing

Armenian: սուսերամարտիկ (hy) (suseramartik)
Belarusian: фехтава́льшчык m (fjextaválʹščyk), фехтава́льшчыца f (fjextaválʹščyca)
Bulgarian: фехто́вчик m (fehtóvčik), фехтова́ч m (fehtováč), фехтова́чка f (fehtováčka)
Catalan: esgrimidor m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劍術家／剑术家 (jiànshùjiā), 擊劍運動員／击剑运动员 (jījiàn yùndòngyuán)
Czech: šermíř (cs) m, šermířka (cs) f
Danish: fægter (da) c
Dutch: schermer (nl) m, schermster (nl) f
Estonian: vehkleja
Finnish: miekkailija (fi)
French: escrimeur (fr) m, escrimeuse (fr) f
Georgian: მოფარიკავე (mopariḳave)
German: Fechter (de) m, Fechterin (de) f
Hungarian: vívó (hu)
Italian: schermidore (it) m, schermitrice f
Kazakh: семсерші (semserşı)
Latvian: paukotājs m, paukotāja f
Lithuanian: fechtuotojas m
Macedonian: мечувалец m (mečuvalec), мечувалка f (mečuvalka), мечувач m (mečuvač), мечувачка f (mečuvačka)
Manx: cliwedeyr m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fekter m

Nynorsk: fektar m
Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan), شمشیرباز (fa) (šamširbâz)
Polish: szermierz (pl) m, szermierka (pl) f
Portuguese: esgrimista (pt) m or f
Romanian: scrimer (ro) m, scrimeră (ro) f
Russian: фехтова́льщик (ru) m (fextoválʹščik), фехтова́льщица (ru) f (fextoválʹščica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мачѐвалац m

Roman: mačèvalac (sh) m
Slovak: šermiar m, šermiarka f
Slovene: sabljač m, sabljačica f
Spanish: esgrimidor (es) m, esgrimidora (es) f, esgrimista m or f
Swedish: fäktare (sv) c
Tajik: шамшербоз (šamšerboz)
Turkish: eskrimci (tr) sg, eskrimciler pl
Ukrainian: фехтува́льник m (fextuválʹnyk), фехтува́льниця f (fextuválʹnycja)
Uzbek: qilichboz (uz)

a person who installs fences

Maori: kaiwhakatū taiapa

References

“fencer”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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