spiller

See also: Spiller

English

Etymology

From Middle English spiller, from spill +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

spiller (plural spillers)

1. One who spills.
2. (law) A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
3. A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.

Anagrams

• Pillers, pillers

Danish

Etymology 1

From spille (“to play”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spelər/, [ˈsb̥elɐ]

Noun

spiller c (singular definite spilleren, plural indefinite spillere)

1. player (one who plays any game)
2. gambler
3. gamer
4. player (dramatic actor)
5. player (who plays on a musical instrument)
6. (slang) an act of masturbation

Inflection

Declension of spiller

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spiller	spilleren	spillere	spillerne
genitive	spillers	spillerens	spilleres	spillernes

Synonyms

• (gambler): gambler
• (dramatic actor): aktør, skuespiller
• (who plays on a musical instrument): musiker

Etymology 2

See spille.

Noun

spiller

1. indefinite plural of spille

Verb

spiller

1. present of spille

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spyller

Etymology

From spillen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspilər/

Noun

spiller

1. (rare) destroyer

Descendants

• English: spiller

References

• “spiller, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-21.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• speller

Noun

spiller m (definite singular spilleren, indefinite plural spillere, definite plural spillerne)

1. a player

Derived terms

• badmintonspiller
• forsvarsspiller
• fotballspiller
• golfspiller
• medspiller
• motspiller
• platespiller
• sekkepipespiller
• skuespiller
• tennisspiller

 

Related terms

• spill
• spille

See also

• spelar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

spiller

1. present of spille

References

• “spiller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

spiller

1. present indicative of spilla

Anagrams

• pillers