catcher

See also: Catcher and cátcher

English

Etymology

catch +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkætʃ.ə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkætʃ.ɚ/, /ˈkɛtʃ.ɚ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ), -ɛtʃə(ɹ)

Noun

catcher (plural catchers)

1. Someone or something that catches.
2. (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.

Coordinate terms

• (baseball player): infielder, outfielder, pitcher

Derived terms

• eye-catcher, eyecatcher

Translations

that which catches

• Dutch: vanger (nl) m
• Finnish: sieppaaja (fi), pyydystäjä (fi), pyytäjä (fi)
• French: attrapeur (fr) m
• German: Fänger (de) m
• Greek: πιάστης (el) m (piástis)
• Italian: collettore (it) m

• Lithuanian: gaudytojas
• Portuguese: coletor (pt) m
• Russian: ула́вливатель (ru) m (ulávlivatelʹ)
• Spanish: colector (es) m
• Swedish: fångare (sv) c

baseball player who receives pitches

• Catalan: receptor (ca) m, receptora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捕手 (zh) (bǔshǒu)

• Dutch: catcher (nl) m, f, achtervanger m
• Finnish: sieppari (fi)
• French: receveur (fr) m, receveuse (fr) f
• German: Catcher (de) m, Catcherin f, Fänger (de) m, Fängerin f

• Japanese: キャッチャー (ja) (kyatchā), 捕手 (ja) (ほしゅ, hoshu)
• Korean: 캐처 (kaecheo), 포수 (ko) (posu) (捕手 (ko))
• Portuguese: receptor (pt) m
• Russian: кэ́тчер m (kɛ́tčer)
• Spanish: receptor (es) m
• Swedish: catcher (sv) c, fångare (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagasalo

Anagrams

• recatch

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French

Verb

catcher

1. to wrestle
2. (Quebec) to catch
3. (Quebec) to catch, get (understand fully)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of catcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		catcher			avoir catché
gerund		en catchant			en ayant catché
present participle		catchant /kat.ʃɑ̃/
past participle		catché /kat.ʃe/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	catche /katʃ/	catches /katʃ/	catche /katʃ/	catchons /kat.ʃɔ̃/	catchez /kat.ʃe/	catchent /katʃ/
	imperfect	catchais /kat.ʃɛ/	catchais /kat.ʃɛ/	catchait /kat.ʃɛ/	catchions /kat.ʃjɔ̃/	catchiez /kat.ʃje/	catchaient /kat.ʃɛ/
	past historic1	catchai /kat.ʃe/	catchas /kat.ʃa/	catcha /kat.ʃa/	catchâmes /kat.ʃam/	catchâtes /kat.ʃat/	catchèrent /kat.ʃɛʁ/
	future	catcherai /kat.ʃə.ʁe/	catcheras /kat.ʃə.ʁa/	catchera /kat.ʃə.ʁa/	catcherons /kat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/	catcherez /kat.ʃə.ʁe/	catcheront /kat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	catcherais /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/	catcherais /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/	catcherait /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/	catcherions /kat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	catcheriez /kat.ʃə.ʁje/	catcheraient /kat.ʃə.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	catche /katʃ/	catches /katʃ/	catche /katʃ/	catchions /kat.ʃjɔ̃/	catchiez /kat.ʃje/	catchent /katʃ/
	imperfect1	catchasse /kat.ʃas/	catchasses /kat.ʃas/	catchât /kat.ʃa/	catchassions /kat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	catchassiez /kat.ʃa.sje/	catchassent /kat.ʃas/
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	–
		—	catche /katʃ/	—	catchons /kat.ʃɔ̃/	catchez /kat.ʃe/	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• créchât

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Spanish

Noun

catcher m (plural catchers)

1. (baseball) catcher