competitor

English

Alternative forms

• competitour (obsolete)

Etymology

Formed with the verb to compete and the suffix -or.

Noun

competitor (plural competitors)

1. A person or organization against whom one is competing.
2. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.

Synonyms

• (person against whom one is competing): adversary (loosely), opponent (loosely)

• (participant in a competition): contestant

Translations

person against whom one is competing

Bulgarian: съперник (bg) m., конкурент (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 競爭者, 竞争者 (jìngzhēng zhě), 比賽者, 比赛者 (bǐsài zhě) Croatian: suparnik (hr) m., konkurent (hr), rival (hr) m. Dutch: concurrent (nl) m. and f. Esperanto: konkuranto (eo) Finnish: kilpailija (fi) French: compétiteur (fr) m., compétitrice (fr), concurrent (fr) Hebrew: מתחרה (mitkhare) m., מתחרה (mitkhara) f. Icelandic: keppinautur m. (in a contest), samkeppnisaðili m. (competitor for market share, etc.)

Italian: avversario (it), rivale (it) m., competitore (it), antagonista (it) m. Japanese: 競争者 (ja) (きょうそうしゃ, kyōsōsha) Luhya: omushindani Portuguese: competidor (pt), adversário (pt), concorrente (pt) Russian: конкурент (ru) (konkurént) m., конкурентка (ru) (konkuréntka) f., соперник (ru) (sopérnik) m., соперница (ru) (sopérnica) f. Swahili: mshindani (sw) Swedish: medtävlare (sv) c., konkurrent (sv)

participant in a competition

Bulgarian: състезател (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 選手 (cmn), 选手 (cmn) (xuǎnshǒu) Croatian: suparnik (hr) m., konkurent (hr), rival (hr) m. Czech: soutěžící (cs) m.

Finnish: kilpailija (fi) Hebrew: מתחרה (mitkhare) m., מתחרה (mitkhara) f. Icelandic: keppandi m. Russian: соперник (ru) (sopérnik) m., соперница (ru) (sopérnica) f. Swedish: medtävlare (sv) c., konkurrent (sv) c.

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Latin

Etymology

From competō (“strive after something together”).

Alternative forms

• conpetītor

Noun

competītor (genitive competītōris); m, third declension

1. A rival, competitor, adversary, opponent; plaintiff.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	competītor	competītōrēs
genitive	competītōris	competītōrum
dative	competītōrī	competītōribus
accusative	competītōrem	competītōrēs
ablative	competītōre	competītōribus
vocative	competītor	competītōrēs

Derived terms

• competītrix

Related terms

competenter competentia competītiō competō

compitālicius compitālis compitum

Descendants

English: competitor French: compétiteur Italian: competitore

Portuguese: competidor Spanish: competidor