saboteur

saboteur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæbəˈtɜː(ɹ)/, /ˌsæbəˈtʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

1. A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.

   Synonym: sabotageur

Translations

a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property

Albanian: sabotator (sq) m, diversant (sq) m (especially military) Arabic: مُخَرِّب‎ m (muḵarrib) (vandal, wrecker) Armenian: դիվերսանտ (hy) (diversant) Azerbaijani: sabotajçı, diversant (especially military) Belarusian: сабата́жнік m (sabatážnik), сабата́жніца f (sabatážnica), дыверса́нт m (dyvjersánt), дыверса́нтка f (dyvjersántka) (especially military) Bulgarian: саботьо́р (bg) m (sabotjór), саботьо́рка f (sabotjórka), диверса́нт (bg) m (diversánt), диверса́нтка f (diversántka) (especially military) Catalan: sabotejador m Chinese: Mandarin: 蓄意破壞者／蓄意破坏者 (xùyì pòhuài zhě), 陰謀分子／阴谋分子 (yīnmóu fēnzǐ), 陰謀破壞者／阴谋破坏者 (yīnmóu pòhuài zhě) Czech: sabotér m, sabotérka f Danish: sabotør c Dutch: saboteur (nl) m Esperanto: sabotanto, sabotulo Estonian: sabotöör, saboteerija, diversant (especially military) Finnish: sabotööri (fi), sabotoija (fi) French: saboteur (fr) m, saboteuse (fr) f Georgian: მესაბოტაჟე (mesaboṭaže), დივერსანტი (diversanṭi) (especially military) German: Saboteur m, Saboteurin f Greek: δολιοφθορέας m (doliofthoréas), σαμποτέρ (el) m (sampotér) Hebrew: מְחַבֵּל‎ m (m'khabél) Hungarian: szabotőr (hu) Interlingua: saboteur Italian: sabotatore m, sabotatrice f Japanese: サボタージ員 (サボタージいん, sabotājiin), 妨業員 (ぼうぎょういん, bōgyōin), 妨害工作員 (ぼうがいこうさくいん, bōgaikōsakuin), 破壊者 (はかいしゃ, hakaisha) Korean: 파괴자(破壞者) (pagoeja), 사보타주 하는 사람 (sabotaju haneun saram) Latvian: sabotieris m, diversants m (especially military) Lithuanian: sabotažininkas m, sabotuotojas m, diversantas m (especially military) Macedonian: саботе́р m (sabotér), саботе́рка f (sabotérka) Norwegian: Bokmål: sabotør m Persian: خرابکار‎ (fa) (xarâbkâr) (vandal, wrecker), مخرب‎ (fa) (moxarreb) Polish: sabotażysta m pers, sabotażystka f, dywersant (pl) m, dywersantka f (especially military) Portuguese: sabotador (pt) m Romanian: sabotor (ro) m, sabotoare (ro) f Russian: сабота́жник (ru) m (sabotážnik), сабота́жница (ru) f (sabotážnica), диверса́нт (ru) m (diversánt), диверса́нтка (ru) f (diversántka) (especially military), вреди́тель (ru) m (vredítelʹ), вреди́тельница (ru) f (vredítelʹnica) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сабо̀те̄р m, сабо̀те̄рка f Roman: sabòtēr (sh) m, sabòtērka (sh) f Slovak: sabotér m, sabotérka f Slovene: saboter m, saboterka f Spanish: saboteador (es) m, saboteadora (es) f Swedish: sabotör (sv) c Turkish: sabotajcı (tr) Ukrainian: сабота́жник m (sabotážnyk), сабота́жниця f (sabotážnycja), диверса́нт m (dyversánt), диверса́нтка f (dyversántka) (especially military) Uzbek: sabotajchi (uz), diversant (uz) (especially military) Volapük: sabotan

See also

• sabotage
• terrorism

Anagrams

• U-boaters, bears out, outbears

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaː.boːˈtøːr/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: sa‧bo‧teur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs)

1. saboteur

Related terms

• sabotage
• saboteren

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French

Etymology

saboter (“to sabotage”) +‎ -eur, from sabot (“clog”) (where mill workers would throw their wooden clogs into the machinery to make it halt or break down.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.bɔ.tœʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs, feminine saboteuse)

1. saboteur

Related terms

• sabotage

Descendants

• → Dutch: saboteur
• → English: saboteur
• → Swedish: sabotör

Further reading

• “saboteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bouteras