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)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪm.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)

Noun

swimmer (plural swimmers)

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

Derived terms

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)
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
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)

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