competitor

== English == === Alternative forms === competitour (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French compétiteur, from Latin competitor. === Pronunciation === enPR: kəm-pĕtʹ-ĭ-tər, IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛtɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === competitor (plural competitors) A person or organization against whom one is competing. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics. (obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal. ==== Synonyms ==== (person against whom one is competing): adversary (loosely), opponent (loosely) (participant in a competition): contestant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== compete competition competitive ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === optometric, potometric, topometric == Latin == === Alternative forms === conpetītor === Etymology === From competō + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.pɛˈtiː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.peˈtiː.tor] === Noun === competītor m (genitive competītōris, feminine competītrīx); third declension a competitor, rival, adversary, opponent (by extension) plaintiff Synonym: petītor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “competitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “competitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "competitor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “competitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “competitor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “competitor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French compétiteur, Latin competitor. === Noun === competitor m (plural competitori) competitor ==== Related terms ==== competiție competitiv