racer

See also: Racer

English

Two racers (sense 1.1) in a marathon

Racehorses (sense 1.2) in Germany

Racing pigeons (sense 1.3) in Australia

Etymology

From race +‎ -er. First attested in 1648.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ.sə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ.səɹ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: rac‧er

Noun

racer (plural racers)

1. Agent noun of race: one that races or is used for racing. [from 1640s]
   2. A person who participates in races, especially an athlete.

      Hyponym: competitor

      Hyponyms: runner, sprinter

      • 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:

        He was a [motorcycle] racer as a teenager, and a frequent visitor to the Isle of Man, where he had many friends.

   4. A racehorse.
   6. A racing pigeon.
   7. A vehicle (or other device) used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
2. Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.

   Hyponyms: black racer, blue racer, green racer, striped racer

3. (video games, informal) A video game involving racing of any kind.
   • 2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, page 102:

     For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]

5. (humorous) A racist.

Derived terms

• barrel racer
• black racer
• blue racer
• boy racer
• bracket racer
• drag racer
• footracer
• girl racer
• gravity racer
• green racer
• racerback
• racerlike
• rat racer
• sim racer
• snow racer

Descendants

• → Japanese: レーサー (rēsā)
• → Korean: 레이서 (reiseo)

Translations

someone who takes part in a race

• Bulgarian: бегач m (begač), състезател (bg) m (sǎstezatel)
• Catalan: corrent (ca) m or f
• Czech: závodník (cs) m
• Esperanto: kuranto
• Finnish: kilpailija (fi)
• French: coureur (fr) m, coureuse (fr) f
• German: Rennfahrer (de) m, Rennfahrerin (de) f
• Hindi: धावक (hi) m (dhāvak)
• Irish: rásaí m
• Italian: concorrente (it)
• Japanese: レーサー (ja) (rēsā)
• Korean: 레이서 (reiseo)
• Latin: cursor (la) m
• Malay: pelumba
• Polish: zawodnik (pl) m, zawodniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: corrente (pt) m or f
• Russian: го́нщик (ru) m (gónščik), го́нщица (ru) (gónščica)
• Sanskrit: रघु (sa) m (raghu)
• Spanish: corredor (es) m, carrerista (es) m or f, velocista m or f
• Swedish: racerförare (sv) c
• Turkish: yarışçı (tr)
• Ukrainian: го́нщик m (hónščyk), го́нщиця f (hónščycja)

racehorse — see racehorse

racing pigeon — see racing pigeon

something used for racing

• Finnish: kilpa-auto, kilpa-ajoneuvo, kilpuri (fi)
• French: (general) racer (fr) m, vélo de course (fr) m, (bicycle) bicyclette de course f
• German: Rennwagen (de) m (car), Rennjacht f (yacht), Rennrad (de) (bicycle)
• Swedish: racerbil (sv), racer (sv) c

Further reading

• “racer”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “racer”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “racer”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• Cerra, Crear, carer, crare

Danish

Etymology 1

From English racer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛːsɐ]

Noun

racer c (singular definite raceren, plural indefinite racere)

1. racer

Declension

Declension of racer

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	racer	raceren	racere	racerne
genitive	racers	racerens	raceres	racernes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑːsɐ]

Noun

racer c

1. indefinite plural of race

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛˀsɐ]

Verb

racer

1. present of race

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English racer. Equivalent to racen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.sər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ra‧cer

Noun

racer m (plural racers, no diminutive)

1. a racer, one who races

Derived terms

• straatracer

French

Etymology

From English racer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.sœʁ/ ~ /ʁe.sœʁ/
• (Canada, Missouri, New England, Louisiana) IPA^(key): /ɹeɪsɚ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

racer m (plural racers)

1. racecar
2. (any kind of) vehicle used for racing, racer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• carre, carré