attacker

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ækə(r)

Noun

attacker (plural attackers)

1. Someone who attacks
2. (soccer) Players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

Synonyms

• (soccer position): centre forward, forward, striker

Translations

someone who attacks

• Czech: útočník (cs) m
• Danish: angriber (da)
• Dutch: aanvaller (nl) m
• Finnish: hyökkääjä (fi)
• German: Angreifer (de) m, Angreiferin (de) f
• Hungarian: támadó (hu), támadó fél (hu)

• Irish: ionsaitheoir (ga) m
• Norwegian: angriper (no) m
• Polish: napastnik (pl) m
• Russian: нападающий (ru) (napadájuščij) m, атакующий (ru) (atakújuščij) m
• Spanish: atacante (es) m and f, asaltante (es) m and f
• Swedish: angripare (sv) c

(soccer)

• Catalan: atacant (ca) m
• Czech: útočník (cs) m
• Danish: angriber (da)
• Finnish: hyökkääjä (fi)
• German: Stürmer (de) m, Stürmerin (de) f

• Irish: ionsaitheoir (ga) m
• Norwegian: angriper (no) m, spiss (no) m
• Russian: нападающий (ru) (napadájuščij) m
• Spanish: delantero (es) m
• Swedish: anfallare (sv) c

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• Afrikaans: aanvaller
• French: attaquant (1,2)

• Maltese: attakkant m, Attakkanta f

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Swedish

Noun

attacker

1. indefinite plural of attack