kidnaper

English

Noun

kidnaper (plural kidnapers)

1. Alternative spelling of kidnapper.

Anagrams

• rekidnap

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English kidnap

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English kidnapperbor.

Polish kidnaper

Borrowed from English kidnapper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kidˈna.pɛr/
• Rhymes: -apɛr
• Syllabification: kid‧na‧per

Noun

kidnaper m pers (female equivalent kidnaperka)

1. (rare) kidnapper (used especially for a kidnapper acting for ransom)

   Synonyms: porywacz, uprowadziciel

   • 1980, Adam Ochocki, Reporter przed konfesjonałem, czyli, Jak się przed wojną robiło gazetę:

     Kiedy kidnaper zatelefonował i spytał, czy Budzynerowie zdecydowali się na wypłacenie okupu, matka chłopca wypytała go szczegółowo gdzie i kiedy mają złożyć pieniądze, w jakich banknotach, kiedy syn wróci do domu, czy jest zdrowy.

     When the kidnapper telephoned and asked if the Budzyners had decided to pay the ransom, the boy's mother asked him in detail where and when they should deposit the money, in what banknotes, when the son would return home, whether he was healthy.

Declension

Declension of kidnaper

	singular	plural
nominative	kidnaper	kidnaperzy/kidnapery (deprecative)
genitive	kidnapera	kidnaperów
dative	kidnaperowi	kidnaperom
accusative	kidnapera	kidnaperów
instrumental	kidnaperem	kidnaperami
locative	kidnaperze	kidnaperach
vocative	kidnaperze	kidnaperzy

Derived terms

adjectives

• kidnaperski
• kidnapingowy

nouns

• kidnaperka
• kidnaperstwo
• kidnaping

Further reading

• “kidnaper”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kidnaper”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From kidnapírati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kidnǎpeːr/
• Hyphenation: kid‧na‧per

Noun

kidnàpēr m anim (Cyrillic spelling кидна̀пе̄р)

1. kidnapper

References

• “kidnaper”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

English kidnap

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English kidnapperbor.

Tagalog kidnaper

Borrowed from English kidnapper.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kidˈnapeɾ/ [k̠ɪd̪ˈn̪aː.pɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -apeɾ
• Syllabification: kid‧na‧per

Noun

kidnaper (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜉᜒᜇ᜔)

1. kidnapper

   Synonyms: mangingidnap, manggagabot

Related terms

• kidnap
• kidnapin
• kidnaping
• kumidnap
• mangidnap

Further reading

• “kidnaper”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018