kidnapper

See also: Kidnapper

English

Alternative forms

• kidnaper

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 kidnapper

From kidnap + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪdnæpɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

kidnapper (plural kidnappers)

1. A person who kidnaps someone.

Derived terms

• birdnapper
• carnapper
• catnapper
• dognapper
• petnapper
• pignapper

Related terms

• kidnap

Translations

one who performs kidnap

• Arabic: مُخْتَطِف m (muḵtaṭif)
• Belarusian: выкрада́льнік m (vykradálʹnik), выкрада́льніца f (vykradálʹnica)
• Bulgarian: похити́тел (bg) m (pohitítel), похити́телка f (pohitítelka)
• Catalan: segrestador m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拐子佬 (gwaai² zi² lou²)

  Mandarin: 誘拐者 / 诱拐者 (yòuguǎizhě), 綁架者 / 绑架者 (bǎngjiàzhě), 劫持者 (jiéchízhě)

• Czech: únosce m, únoskyně f
• Danish: kidnapper c, bortfører c
• Dutch: kidnapper (nl) m, ontvoerder (nl) m, schaker (nl) m
• Estonian: inimröövija
• Finnish: sieppaaja (fi), kidnappaaja (fi)
• French: ravisseur (fr) m, ravisseuse (fr) f, kidnappeur (fr) m, kidnappeuse (fr) f
• Galician: secuestrador m
• Georgian: გამტაცებელი (gamṭacebeli), მომტაცებელი (momṭacebeli)
• German: Entführer (de) m, Entführerin (de) f
• Greek: απαγωγέας (el) m (apagogéas)
• Hindi: अपहरणकर्ता m (apharaṇkartā), अपहर्ता (hi) m (aphartā)
• Hungarian: emberrabló (hu), gyermekrabló (hu)
• Icelandic: mannræningi m
• Italian: rapitore (it) m, rapitrice (it) f
• Japanese: 誘拐犯 (ゆうかいはん, yūkaihan)
• Korean: 유괴범(誘拐犯) (ko) (yugoebeom), 납치범(拉致犯) (napchibeom), 랍치범(拉致犯) (rapchibeom) (North Korea)
• Latin: plagiārius m, plagiāria m
• Macedonian: грабнувач m (grabnuvač), грабнувачка f (grabnuvačka), киднапе́р m (kidnapér), киднапе́рка f (kidnapérka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kidnapper (no) m, barnerøver (child kidnapper), kidnapperske m or f (female), barnenapper m

• Old English: manþēof m
• Polish: porywacz (pl) m, porywaczka f, uprowadziciel m, uprowadzicielka f
• Portuguese: sequestrador (pt) m
• Romanian: răpitor (ro) m, răpitoare (ro) f
• Russian: похити́тель (ru) m (poxitítelʹ), похити́тельница (ru) f (poxitítelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: òtmičār (sh) m, ljudokradica f

• Slovak: únosca m, únoskyňa f
• Slovene: ugrabitelj m, ugrabiteljica f
• Spanish: secuestrador (es) m, raptor (es) m, captor (es) m
• Swahili: mtekaji nyara
• Swedish: kidnappare (sv) c
• Turkish: çocuk hırsızı
• Ukrainian: викрада́ч m (vykradáč), викрада́чка f (vykradáčka)
• Yoruba: gbọ́mọgbọ́mọ

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

kidnapper m (plural kidnappers, diminutive kidnappertje n)

1. a person who kidnaps someone

Synonyms

• ontvoerder

Related terms

• schaker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kid.na.pe/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

kidnapper

1. to kidnap

   Synonym: enlever

2. (colloquial) to steal

   Synonym: voler

Conjugation

Conjugation of kidnapper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	kidnapper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	kidnappant /kid.na.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		kidnappé /kid.na.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	kidnappe /kid.nap/	kidnappes /kid.nap/	kidnappe /kid.nap/	kidnappons /kid.na.pɔ̃/	kidnappez /kid.na.pe/	kidnappent /kid.nap/
	imperfect	kidnappais /kid.na.pɛ/	kidnappais /kid.na.pɛ/	kidnappait /kid.na.pɛ/	kidnappions /kid.na.pjɔ̃/	kidnappiez /kid.na.pje/	kidnappaient /kid.na.pɛ/
	past historic2	kidnappai /kid.na.pe/	kidnappas /kid.na.pa/	kidnappa /kid.na.pa/	kidnappâmes /kid.na.pam/	kidnappâtes /kid.na.pat/	kidnappèrent /kid.na.pɛʁ/
	future	kidnapperai /kid.na.pʁe/	kidnapperas /kid.na.pʁa/	kidnappera /kid.na.pʁa/	kidnapperons /kid.na.pʁɔ̃/	kidnapperez /kid.na.pʁe/	kidnapperont /kid.na.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	kidnapperais /kid.na.pʁɛ/	kidnapperais /kid.na.pʁɛ/	kidnapperait /kid.na.pʁɛ/	kidnapperions /kid.na.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	kidnapperiez /kid.na.pə.ʁje/	kidnapperaient /kid.na.pʁɛ/
(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	kidnappe /kid.nap/	kidnappes /kid.nap/	kidnappe /kid.nap/	kidnappions /kid.na.pjɔ̃/	kidnappiez /kid.na.pje/	kidnappent /kid.nap/
	imperfect2	kidnappasse /kid.na.pas/	kidnappasses /kid.na.pas/	kidnappât /kid.na.pa/	kidnappassions /kid.na.pa.sjɔ̃/	kidnappassiez /kid.na.pa.sje/	kidnappassent /kid.na.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	kidnappe /kid.nap/	—	kidnappons /kid.na.pɔ̃/	kidnappez /kid.na.pe/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English kidnapper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kidˈnapər/
• Rhymes: -apər

Noun

kidnapper m (definite singular kidnapperen, indefinite plural kidnappere, definite plural kidnapperne)

1. a kidnapper

Related terms

• kidnappe
• kidnapping

See also

• kidnappar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

kidnapper

1. present of kidnappe

References

• “kidnapper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.