sniper

English

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Etymology

snipe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

sniper (plural snipers)

1. A person who carries the professional title of sniper
2. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
3. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.

Translations

a person who carries the professional title of sniper

• Armenian: սնայպեր (snayper), դիպուկահար (dipukahar)
• Catalan: franctirador m
• Finnish: tarkka-ampuja (fi)
• French: franc-tireur (fr) m
• German: Sniper (de) m
• Icelandic: leyniskytta f
• Indonesian: penembak tersembunyi
• Macedonian: снајперист m (snajperíst)

• Portuguese: sniper (pt) m
• Russian: снайпер (ru) m (snájper)
• Serbo-Croatian: snajpèrist f
• Spanish: francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: prickskytt
• Vietnamese: bắn tỉa

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

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: սնայպեր (snayper), դիպուկահար (dipukahar)
• Catalan: franctirador m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: odstřelovač m
• Dutch: scherpschutter (nl) m, sluipschutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: (male or female) snajpero, (female) snajperino
• Finnish: tarkka-ampuja (fi)
• French: franc-tireur (fr) m
• German: Scharfschütze (de) m, Scharfschützin f, Heckenschütze (de) m, Heckenschützin f
• Hebrew: צלף (he) (tsaláf)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can

• Icelandic: leyniskytta f
• Japanese: 狙撃手 (sogekishu), スナイパー (sunaipã)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: снајперист m (snajperíst)
• Persian: تک‌تیرانداز (taktirandaaz)
• Polish: snajper (pl) m
• Portuguese: franco-atirador m, sniper (pt) m, f
• Russian: снайпер (ru) m (snájper)
• Scottish Gaelic: snaidhpear m
• Serbo-Croatian: snajpèrist f
• Spanish: francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: prickskytt c, krypskytt c
• 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 (snayper), դիպուկահար (dipukahar)
• Finnish: sala-ampuja
• French: franc-tireur (fr) m
• Icelandic: leyniskytta f
• Macedonian: стрелец m (strélec), снајперист m (snajperíst)

• Portuguese: franco-atirador m, sniper (pt) m, f
• Russian: снайпер (ru) m (snájper)
• Scottish Gaelic: snaidhpear m
• Serbo-Croatian: snajpèrist f

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 Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: tireur isolé (fr)
• Italian: cecchino (it) m
• Jèrriais: titheux muchi m
• Portuguese: franco-atirador m

• Serbo-Croatian: сна̀јпер m, snàjper m
• Spanish: francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: krypskytt

See also

• marksman
• sharpshooter

Anagrams

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