climber

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English clymber, clymbare, equivalent to climb +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪm.ə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈklai.mɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪmə(r)

Noun

climber (plural climbers)

1. One who climbs.
2. A plant that climbs, such as a vine.

   Synonym: creeper

3. A bird that climbs, such as a woodpecker or a parrot.
4. (cycling) A rider who specializes in riding uphill quickly.

Derived terms

• social climber

Translations

one who climbs

• Bulgarian: катерач m (katerač), алпинист (bg) m (alpinist)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 登山家 (zh) (dēngshānjiā)

• Dutch: klimmer (nl) m, beklimmer m
• Finnish: kiipeilijä (fi)
• French: grimpeur (fr) m
• Galician: escalador m
• German: Bergsteiger (de) m, Bergsteigerin (de) f, Kletterer (de) m
• Hebrew: מטפס m (met'apes), מטפסת f (met'apeset)
• Ido: klimanto, klimero (io)
• Italian: arrampicatore (it), scalatore (it), alpinista (it) m, escursionista (it) m
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• Japanese: 登山家 (ja) (tozanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klatrer (no) m

  Nynorsk: klatrar m

• Portuguese: alpinista (pt) m or f, escalador m
• Romanian: cățărător (ro) m, cățărătoare (ro) f, alpinist (ro) m, alpinistă (ro) f
• Russian: альпини́ст (ru) m (alʹpiníst), альпини́стка (ru) f (alʹpinístka), скалола́з (ru) m (skaloláz), скалола́зка (ru) f (skalolázka)
• Scottish Gaelic: streapadair m
• Spanish: trepador (es) m, escalador (es) m
• Swedish: klättrare (sv) c

plant that climbs

• Bulgarian: пълзящо растение (pǎlzjašto rastenie)
• Catalan: enfiladissa f
• Dutch: klimplant (nl) f, slingerplant (nl) f
• Finnish: köynnöskasvi (fi)
• German: Kletterpflanze (de) f; (twiner) Schlingpflanze f
• Ido: klimero (io)
• Italian: rampicante (it)
• Malayalam: വള്ളി (ml) f (vaḷḷi), വല്ലി (ml) (valli), ലത (ml) (lata)
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• Portuguese: trepadeira (pt) f
• Romanian: plantă agățătoare f
• Sanskrit: लता (sa) f (latha)
• Scottish Gaelic: dreimire m
• Spanish: enredadera (es) f, trepadora (es) f
• Swedish: klängväxt c
• Ukrainian: лоза́ (uk) f (lozá)

Etymology 2

From climb; compare clamber.

Verb

climber (third-person singular simple present climbers, present participle climbering, simple past and past participle climbered)

1. (obsolete) To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “climber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Crimble, reclimb