stalker

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɔːkə(ɹ)/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈstaːkɐ/ Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ) Homophone: stocker (cot–caught merger) === Noun === stalker (plural stalkers) A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion. (obsolete) A kind of fishing net. (horse racing) A horse that tends to stay just behind the leaders in a race. ==== Synonyms ==== (person who stalks game): tracker (person who secretly follows someone): prowler ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: stalker → Dutch: stalker → German: Stalker → Japanese: ストーカー → Korean: 스토커 (seutokeo) → Polish: stalker → Russian: ста́лкер (stálker), сто́кер (stóker) → Thai: สตอล์กเกอร์ ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === talkers, kartels, kestral == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English stalker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstalkɛr] Hyphenation: stal‧ker === Noun === stalker m anim stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “stalker”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 - not found “stalker”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 - not found stalker in Internetová jazyková příručka, 2008–2022, Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR - found == Dutch == === Etymology === From English stalker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɑl.kər/ Hyphenation: stal‧ker === Noun === stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n) stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) ==== Related terms ==== stalken stalking == Polish == === Etymology === Orthographic borrowing from English stalker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstal.kɛr/ Rhymes: -alkɛr Syllabification: stal‧ker === Noun === stalker m pers (female equivalent stalkerka) (crime) stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “stalker”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “stalker”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)