umpire

== English == === Etymology === From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌm.paɪɹ/ Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Hyphenation: um‧pire === Noun === umpire (plural umpires) An official who presides over a sports match. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:match official (tennis, badminton) The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair. (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match. (baseball) One of the officials who preside over a baseball game. (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side. (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. There may be up to four umpires depending on the league. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases. (curling) The official who presides over a curling game. (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties. ==== Usage notes ==== For information about the usage of umpire versus referee and judge, see usage notes at referee. ==== Coordinate terms ==== referee ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nonpareil ==== Descendants ==== → Māori: amapaea → Scots: umpire → Spanish: umpire, ampaya, ampáyer, ompáyer ==== Translations ==== === Verb === umpire (third-person singular simple present umpires, present participle umpiring, simple past and past participle umpired) (sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game. Coordinate term: referee (transitive) To decide as an umpire. Synonyms: arbitrate, settle ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === referee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia umpire (cricket) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia umpire (baseball) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === impure, rumpie == Spanish == === Alternative forms === ampaya, ampáyer, ompáyer === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English umpire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈampajeɾ/ [ˈãm.pa.jeɾ] Rhymes: -ampajeɾ IPA(key): /ˈampaiɾ/ [ˈãm.pai̯ɾ] Rhymes: -ampaiɾ === Noun === umpire m (plural umpires) umpire ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “umpire”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense