referee
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: référée
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), from Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”); as if refer + -ee, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.
Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]
referee (plural referees)
- (sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
- The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.
- A person who settles a dispute.
- (UK) A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference.
- Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.
- An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
Usage notes[edit]
- In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
sport: umpire, judge of a game
|
person who settles a dispute
|
person who writes a letter of reference
|
expert who judges a manuscript
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Verb[edit]
referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)
- To act as a referee.
- He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.
- She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.
Translations[edit]
to act as a judge of a game or contest
|
to settle a dispute
|
to write a letter of reference
|
to judge a manuscript
|
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈrefereː/, [ˈre̞fe̞re̞ː]
- IPA(key): /ˈreferiː/, [ˈre̞fe̞riː]
- Rhymes: -efereː
- Syllabification(key): re‧fe‧ree
Noun[edit]
referee
- referee (expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published)
- Synonym: arvioija
Declension[edit]
Inflection of referee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | referee | refereet | ||
genitive | refereen | refereiden refereitten | ||
partitive | refereetä | refereitä | ||
illative | refereehen refereeseen |
refereihin refereisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | referee | refereet | ||
accusative | nom. | referee | refereet | |
gen. | refereen | |||
genitive | refereen | refereiden refereitten | ||
partitive | refereetä | refereitä | ||
inessive | refereessä | refereissä | ||
elative | refereestä | refereistä | ||
illative | refereehen refereeseen |
refereihin refereisiin | ||
adessive | refereellä | refereillä | ||
ablative | refereeltä | refereiltä | ||
allative | refereelle | refereille | ||
essive | refereenä | refereinä | ||
translative | refereeksi | refereiksi | ||
instructive | — | referein | ||
abessive | refereettä | refereittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
referee m or f (plural referees)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms suffixed with -ee
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iː
- Rhymes:English/iː/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sports
- English terms with usage examples
- British English
- English verbs
- en:Occupations
- en:People
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/efereː
- Rhymes:Finnish/efereː/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish filee-type nominals
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders