boxer

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See also: Boxer and bóxer

English[edit]

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Two boxers (fighters) in a boxing match.
A boxer (breed of dog).

Etymology[edit]

box +‎ -er

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boxer (plural boxers)

  1. A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
    You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.
  2. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
  3. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
  4. The person running a game of two-up.
  5. One who packs boxes.
    • 1917, Vocational Education Survey of Minneapolis, Minn (page 385)
      They look over the boxes that have been packed, pass judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]
  6. A letterboxer.

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Translations[edit]

type of internal combustion engine — see boxer engine

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Anagrams[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after its glove-like palps.

Noun[edit]

boxer

  1. an unqualified spider in spider fighting, a male with glove-like palps, instead used as a feed

Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

boxer m

  1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)

Declension[edit]

Declension of boxer
singular plural
nominative boxer boxeři
genitive boxera boxerů
dative boxerovi boxerům
accusative boxera boxery
vocative boxere boxeři
locative boxerovi boxerech
instrumental boxerem boxery

boxer

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. boxer (dog)
  2. boxer shorts, boxers
  3. boxer (engine)

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

boxer

  1. to box
Related terms[edit]
Conjugation[edit]
  Conjugation of boxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive boxer avoir boxé
gerund en boxant en ayant boxé
present participle boxant
/bɔk.sɑ̃/
past participle boxé
/bɔk.se/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present boxe
/bɔks/		 boxes
/bɔks/		 boxe
/bɔks/		 boxons
/bɔk.sɔ̃/		 boxez
/bɔk.se/		 boxent
/bɔks/
imperfect boxais
/bɔk.sɛ/		 boxais
/bɔk.sɛ/		 boxait
/bɔk.sɛ/		 boxions
/bɔk.sjɔ̃/		 boxiez
/bɔk.sje/		 boxaient
/bɔk.sɛ/
past historic1 boxai
/bɔk.se/		 boxas
/bɔk.sa/		 boxa
/bɔk.sa/		 boxâmes
/bɔk.sam/		 boxâtes
/bɔk.sat/		 boxèrent
/bɔk.sɛʁ/
future boxerai
/bɔk.sə.ʁe/		 boxeras
/bɔk.sə.ʁa/		 boxera
/bɔk.sə.ʁa/		 boxerons
/bɔk.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 boxerez
/bɔk.sə.ʁe/		 boxeront
/bɔk.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional boxerais
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/		 boxerais
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/		 boxerait
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/		 boxerions
/bɔk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 boxeriez
/bɔk.sə.ʁje/		 boxeraient
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present boxe
/bɔks/		 boxes
/bɔks/		 boxe
/bɔks/		 boxions
/bɔk.sjɔ̃/		 boxiez
/bɔk.sje/		 boxent
/bɔks/
imperfect1 boxasse
/bɔk.sas/		 boxasses
/bɔk.sas/		 boxât
/bɔk.sa/		 boxassions
/bɔk.sa.sjɔ̃/		 boxassiez
/bɔk.sa.sje/		 boxassent
/bɔk.sas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— boxe
/bɔks/		 — boxons
/bɔk.sɔ̃/		 boxez
/bɔk.se/		 —
1literary tenses

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Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

boxer m (invariable)

  1. boxer shorts

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English box +‎ -er.

Verb[edit]

boxer

  1. (Jersey) to box

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. boxer (breed of dog)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French boxeur.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boxer m (plural boxeri, feminine equivalent boxeră)

  1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)

Declension[edit]

declension of boxer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) boxer boxerul (niște) boxeri boxerii
genitive/dative (unui) boxer boxerului (unor) boxeri boxerilor
vocative boxerule boxerilor

Synonyms[edit]

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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowing from English boxer, French boxer, German Boxer.

Noun[edit]

boxer m (plural boxeri)

  1. boxer (breed of dog)

Declension[edit]

declension of boxer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) boxer boxerul (niște) boxeri boxerii
genitive/dative (unui) boxer boxerului (unor) boxeri boxerilor
vocative boxerule boxerilor

References[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of bóxer
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