saboteur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæbəˈtɜː(ɹ)/, /ˌsæbəˈtʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

1. A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy.

Synonyms

• sabotageur

Translations

a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property

• Catalan: sabotejador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓄意破壞者／蓄意破坏者, 蓄意破坏者 (xùyì pòhuài zhě), 陰謀分子／阴谋分子, 阴谋分子 (yīnmóu fēnzǐ), 陰謀破壞者／阴谋破坏者, 阴谋破坏者 (tīnmóu pòhuài zhě)

• Czech: sabotér m
• Danish: sabotør c
• Dutch: saboteur (nl) m
• Esperanto: sabotanto, sabotulo
• Finnish: sabotööri (fi), sabotoija (fi)
• French: saboteur (fr) m
• German: Saboteur m
• Greek: δολιοφθορέας m (doliofthoréas), σαμποτέρ (el) m (sampotér)
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• Hungarian: szabotőr (hu)
• Interlingua: saboteur
• Japanese: サボタージ員 (sabotāji-in), 妨業員 (ぼうぎょういん, bōgyōin), 妨害工作員 (ぼうがいこうさくいん, bōgaikōsakuin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sabotør m

• Portuguese: sabotador (pt) m
• Russian: сабота́жник (ru) m (sabotážnik), сабота́жница (ru) f (sabotážnica), диверса́нт (ru) m (diversánt), диверса́нтка (ru) f (diversántka)
• Spanish: saboteador (es) m, saboteadora (es) f
• Swedish: sabotör (sv) c
• Volapük: sabotan

See also

• sabotage
• terrorism

Anagrams

• U-boaters, bears out, outbears

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French

Etymology

sabot (“clog (shoe)”) +‎ -eur (where mill workers would throw their wooden clogs into the machinery to make it halt or break down.)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs, feminine saboteuse)

1. saboteur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bouteras