sniper

English

Etymology

snipe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

sniper (plural snipers)

1. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

   (by extension) A sniper rifle

2. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
3. One who shoots from a concealed position.
   • 1874, Richard John Batt, The Maryland Continentals, 1780-1781‎^[1]:

     The British, having cleared the open field, now faced the problem of advancing through the trees into the sniper fire of several hundred Virginia militia.

4. One who criticizes.
   • c. 1934, The Living Age‎^[2], volume 351, page 30:

     No winnable seat has been found for Mr. H. L. Nathan, a powerful recruit from the Liberal ranks, and poor Mr. Wedgwood Benn, an invaluable sniper for a party in Opposition, has been out of Parliament now since 1931.

5. (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.

   Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.

Derived terms

• sniper rifle

Translations

a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position

• Arabic: قَنَّاص‎ (ar) m (qannāṣ)
• Armenian: սնայպեր (hy) (snayper), դիպուկահար (hy) (dipukahar)
• Belarusian: сна́йпер m (snájpjer)
• Catalan: franctirador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狙擊手 (zh), 狙击手 (zh) (jūjīshǒu)

• Czech: odstřelovač (cs) m
• Dutch: scherpschutter (nl) m, sluipschutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: (male or female) snajpero, (female) snajperino
• Finnish: tarkka-ampuja (fi)
• French: franc-tireur (fr) m
• Georgian: სნაიპერი (snaiṗeri)
• German: Heckenschütze (de) m, Heckenschützin f, Scharfschütze (de) m, Scharfschützin f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἑκηβόλος m (hekēbólos)

• Hebrew: צָלָף‎ (he) (tsaláf)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mesterlövész (hu)

• Icelandic: leyniskytta (is) f
• Italian: tiratore scelto m, cecchino (it) m, franco tiratore m
• Japanese: 狙撃手 (ja) (sogekishu), スナイパー (sunaipã)
• Korean: 저격병 (ko) (jeogyeokbyeong), 스나이퍼 (seunaipeo), 저격수 (jeogyeoksu)
• Macedonian: снајпери́ст m (snajperíst)
• Malay: penembak hendap
• Persian: تک‌تیرانداز‎ (taktirandâz)
• Polish: snajper (pl) m
• Portuguese: franco-atirador m, sniper (pt) m or f
• Russian: сна́йпер (ru) m (snájper)
• Scottish Gaelic: snaidhpear m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: snajpèrist (sh) m

• Slovak: ostreľovač m
• Spanish: francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: prickskytt c, krypskytt c
• Ukrainian: сна́йпер m (snájper)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position

• Armenian: սնայպեր (hy) (snayper), դիպուկահար (hy) (dipukahar)
• Danish: snigskytte c
• Finnish: sala-ampuja (fi)
• French: franc-tireur (fr) m
• Hungarian: mesterlövész (hu), orvlövész (hu)
• Icelandic: leyniskytta (is) f
• Italian: tiratore scelto m, cecchino (it) m

• Macedonian: стре́лец m (strélec), снајпери́ст m (snajperíst)
• Portuguese: franco-atirador m, sniper (pt) m or f
• Russian: сна́йпер (ru) m (snájper)
• Scottish Gaelic: snaidhpear m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: snajpèrist (sh) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} tireur isolé (fr)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} penembak tersembunyi
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} titheux muchi m (Jersey)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} сна̀јпер m, ^{(please verify)} snàjper (sh) m

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} krypskytt
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} bắn tỉa

See also

• marksman
• sharpshooter
• sniper's hide

Anagrams

• Perins, Piners, Prines, persin, repins, respin, ripens, serpin

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French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snaj.pœʁ/

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Noun

sniper m (plural snipers)

1. sniper (person, weapon)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sniper f

1. plural indefinite of snipe

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Portuguese

Noun

sniper m, f (plural snipers)

1. (military) sniper (person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)

Synonyms

• franco-atirador