racer

race +‎ -er

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsəɹ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)

racer (plural racers)

1. Someone who takes part in a race.
   • 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:

     He was a [motorcycle] racer as a teenager, and a frequent visitor to the Isle of Man, where he had many friends.

2. A racehorse.
3. A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
4. An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc.
5. Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
6. (video games, informal) A video game involving racing of any kind.
   • 2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, page 102:

     For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]

• → Japanese: レーサー (rēsā)

• Cerra, Crear, carer, crare

From English racer.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛːsɐ]

racer c (singular definite raceren, plural indefinite racere)

1. racer

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑːsɐ]

racer c

1. indefinite plural of race

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛˀsɐ]

racer

1. present of race

Borrowed from English racer. Equivalent to racen +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.sər/

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• Hyphenation: ra‧cer

racer m (plural racers)

1. A racer, one who races.

• straatracer

From English racer.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.sœʁ/, /ʁe.sœʁ/

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racer m (plural racers)

1. racecar
2. (any kind of) vehicle used for racing, racer

• “racer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• carre, carré