stalker

See also: Stalker

English

Etymology

From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: stocker (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

stalker (plural stalkers)

1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.
2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
4. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
5. (obsolete) A kind of fishing net.

Synonyms

• (person who stalks game): tracker
• (person who secretly follows someone): prowler

Translations

person who stalks game

• Czech: stopař (cs) m, stopařka (cs) f
• Finnish: vaanija (fi)
• French: traqueur (fr) m, traqueuse (fr) f
• German: Pirschjäger m, Pirschjägerin f
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m or f (kynigós)
• Irish: stalcaire m
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• Italian: cacciatore (it) m, cacciatrice (it) f
• Polish: obserwator (pl) m (literally), obserwatorka (pl) f (literally)
• Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) m, perseguidora f
• Russian: ло́вчий (ru) m (lóvčij), следопы́т (ru) m (sledopýt), охо́тник (ru) m (oxótnik)
• Spanish: acechador (es) m, acechadora (es) f

person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions

• Arabic: مُطَارِد m (muṭārid)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潛行者／潜行者, 潜行者 (qiánxíngzhě), 跟踪狂 (gēnzōngkuáng), 跟蹤狂／跟踪狂 (gēnzōngkuáng)

• Dutch: stalker (nl) m
• Finnish: ahdistelija (fi)
• French: rôdeur (fr) m, rôdeuse (fr) f
• German: Stalker (de) m, Stalkerin (de) f, Nachsteller m, Nachstellerin f, Verfolger (de) m, Verfolgerin (de) f
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m or f (kynigós)
• Hebrew: מטריד כפייתי m
• Italian: stalker (it), molestatore m, molestatrice f, vessatore (it) m, vessatrice f
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• Japanese: ストーカー (ja) (sutōkā)
• Korean: 스토커 (seutokeo)
• Norwegian: stalker
• Polish: prześladowca (pl) m, prześladowczyni f, stalker (pl) m, stalkerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) m, perseguidora f
• Russian: пресле́дователь (ru) m (preslédovatelʹ), пресле́довательница (ru) f (preslédovatelʹnica), ста́лкер (ru) m (stálker), сто́кер (ru) m (stóker)
• Slovak: prenasledovateľ m
• Spanish: acosador (es) m, acosadora (es) f
• Turkish: takipçi (tr)

Anagrams

• talkers

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Czech

Etymology

From English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstalkɛr]
• Hyphenation: stal‧ker

Noun

stalker m anim

1. stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC - not found
• Template:R:SSJC - not found
• stalker in Internetová jazyková příručka, 2008–2022, Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR - found

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Dutch

Etymology

From English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑl.kər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stal‧ker

Noun

stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n)

1. stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)

Related terms

• stalken
• stalking