boxer

See also: Boxer and bóxer

English

Two boxers (fighters) in a boxing match.

A boxer (breed of dog).

Etymology

box +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒksə/

• Audio (RP)

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• (US) enPR: bäksʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑksɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɒksə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (participant in a boxing match): pugilist
• (type of engine): boxer engine

Derived terms

• boxer-briefs
• boxer briefs
• boxer shorts, boxers
• chess boxer
• kick-boxer, kickboxer
• squeeze boxer
• squeeze-boxer

 

Related terms

• box
• boxing

Translations

participant in a boxing match

• Arabic: مُلَاكِم‎ m (mulākim)
• Basque: boxeolari (eu)
• Bulgarian: боксьор m (boksjor)
• Catalan: boxador m, boxejador
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拳擊手／拳击手 (zh) (quánjīshǒu), 拳師／拳师 (zh) (quánshī), 拳手 (zh) (quánshǒu)

• Czech: boxer (cs) m
• Danish: bokser (da) c
• Dutch: bokser (nl) m, vuistvechter m, pugilist (nl) m
• Faroese: nevaleikari m, boksari m
• Finnish: nyrkkeilijä (fi)
• French: boxeur (fr) m
• Galician: boxeador m, boxeadora f
• German: Boxer (de) m, Boxerin (de) f
• Greek: πυγμάχος (el) m (pygmáchos), μποξέρ (el) m (boxér)

  Ancient: πύκτης m (púktēs)

• Hebrew: מִתְאַגְרֵף‎ m (mitagref), מתאגרפת‎ f (mitagrefet)
• Hungarian: bokszoló (hu), ökölvívó (hu)
• Icelandic: boxari (is) m, hnefaleikari m
• Ido: boxero (io), boxisto (io)
• Indonesian: bokser (id), petinju (id)
• Irish: dornálaí (ga) m, bacsálaí m
• Italian: pugile (it) m, boxeur (it) m
• Japanese: ボクサー (ja) (bokusā), 拳闘家 (けんとうか, kentōka)
• Kazakh: боксшы (boksşy)
• Korean: 복서 (bokseo)
• Latin: pugil
• Malay: peninju, ahli tinju
• Maori: kaimotomoto
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bokser (no) m

  Nynorsk: boksar m

• Old English: bēatere m
• Persian: بوکسور‎ (fa) (boksor)
• Polish: bokser (pl) m
• Portuguese: boxeador (pt) m, boxeadora f, pugilista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: boxer (ro) m, boxeră f
• Russian: боксёр (ru) m (boksjór)
• Spanish: boxeador (es) m, boxeadora (es) f
• Swahili: bondia (sw)
• Swedish: boxare (sv) c
• Thai: นักมวย (th) (nák-muai)
• Turkish: boksör (tr)
• Welsh: paffiwr m, bocsiwr m

breed of dog

• Bulgarian: боксер m (bokser)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拳師犬／拳师犬 (quánshīquǎn)

• Czech: boxer (cs) m
• Dutch: boxer (nl) m
• Esperanto: boksero
• Finnish: bokseri (fi)
• French: boxer (fr) m
• Galician: bóxer m
• German: Boxer (de) m
• Greek: μπόξερ (el) n (bóxer)
• Hebrew: בּוֹקְסֶר‎ (boqser)
• Hungarian: bokszer (hu)
• Icelandic: boxer, böggur m
• Indonesian: bokser (id)
• Irish: bocsaeir m
• Japanese: ボクサー (ja) (bokusā)
• Korean: 복서 (bokseo)
• Malay: anjing boxer
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: boxer m, bokser (no) m

  Nynorsk: boksar m

• Polish: bokser (pl) m
• Portuguese: boxer (pt) m
• Romanian: boxer (ro) m
• Russian: боксёр (ru) m (boksjór)
• Spanish: bóxer (es) m

type of internal combustion engine — see boxer engine

See also

• wrestler
• Boxer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boxer (dog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rebox

Cebuano

Etymology

Named after its glove-like palps.

Noun

boxer

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

Czech

Noun

boxer m anim

1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)
2. boxer (breed of dog)

Declension

Declension of boxer (hard masculine animate)

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

Noun

boxer m inan

1. brass knuckles
2. boxer engine

Declension

Declension of boxer (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	boxer	boxery
genitive	boxeru	boxerů
dative	boxeru	boxerům
accusative	boxer	boxery
vocative	boxere	boxery
locative	boxeru	boxerech
instrumental	boxerem	boxery

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk.sɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

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

Etymology 2

From English box +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk.se/

Verb

boxer

1. to box (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)

Conjugation

Conjugation of boxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	boxer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	boxant /bɔk.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		boxé /bɔk.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	boxe /bɔks/	boxes /bɔks/	boxe /bɔks/	boxions /bɔk.sjɔ̃/	boxiez /bɔk.sje/	boxent /bɔks/
	imperfect2	boxasse /bɔk.sas/	boxasses /bɔk.sas/	boxât /bɔk.sa/	boxassions /bɔk.sa.sjɔ̃/	boxassiez /bɔk.sa.sje/	boxassent /bɔk.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	boxe /bɔks/	—	boxons /bɔk.sɔ̃/	boxez /bɔk.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• boxe
• boxeur

Descendants

• → Catalan: boxar

Further reading

• “boxer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping from English boxer shorts.

Noun

boxer m (invariable)

1. boxer shorts

Norman

Etymology

From English box +‎ -er.

Verb

boxer

1. (Jersey) to box

Portuguese

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

1. boxer (breed of dog)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French boxeur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbok.ser/

Noun

boxer m (plural boxeri, feminine equivalent boxeră)

1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)

   Synonym: pugilist

Declension

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

Related terms

• box
• boxa
• boxare

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boxer, French boxer, German Boxer.

Noun

boxer m (plural boxeri)

1. boxer (breed of dog)

Declension

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

• boxer in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of bóxer