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 (sǎpernik), конкурент (bg) m (konkurent)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 競爭者, 竞争者 (jìngzhēng zhě), 比賽者, 比赛者 (bǐsài zhě)

• Dutch: concurrent (nl) m and f
• Esperanto: konkuranto (eo)
• Finnish: kilpailija (fi)
• French: compétiteur (fr) m, compétitrice (fr), concurrent (fr)
• German: Konkurrent (de) m
• 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 
• Serbo-Croatian: suparnik (sh) m, konkurent (sh), rival (sh) m
• Swahili: mshindani (sw)
• Swedish: medtävlare (sv) c, konkurrent (sv)

participant in a competition

• Bulgarian: състезател (bg) (sǎstezatel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 選手 (cmn), 选手 (cmn) (xuǎnshǒu)

• Czech: soutěžící (cs) m
• Finnish: kilpailija (fi)
• German: Wettbewerbsteilnehmer (de) m

• Hebrew: מתחרה (mitkhare) m, מתחרה (mitkhara) f
• Icelandic: keppandi m
• Italian: concorrente (it)
• Russian: соперник (ru) (sopérnik) m , соперница (ru) (sopérnica) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: suparnik (sh) m, konkurent (sh), rival (sh) m
• Swedish: medtävlare (sv) c, konkurrent (sv) c

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• Spanish: competidor m

Anagrams

• optometric
• topometric

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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