boxer

boxer

See also: Boxer and bóxer

English

Two boxers (fighters) in a boxing match.

A boxer (breed of dog).

Etymology

box +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒksə/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

• (US) enPR: bäksʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑksɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɒksə(ɹ)

Noun

boxer (plural boxers)

1. A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.

   You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.

2. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
3. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
4. The person running a game of two-up.
5. One who packs boxes.
   • 1917, Vocational Education Survey of Minneapolis, Minn (page 385)

     They look over the boxes that have been packed, pass judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]

6. A letterboxer.

Synonyms

• (participant in a boxing match): pugilist
• (type of engine): boxer engine

Derived terms

• boxer-briefs
• boxer briefs
• boxer shorts, boxers
• chess boxer
• kick-boxer, kickboxer
• squeeze boxer
• squeeze-boxer

 

Related terms

• box
• boxing

Translations

participant in a boxing match

Arabic: مُلَاكِم‎ m (mulākim) Basque: boxeolari (eu) Bulgarian: боксьор m (boksjor) Catalan: boxador m, boxejador Chinese: Mandarin: 拳擊手／拳击手 (zh) (quánjīshǒu), 拳師／拳师 (zh) (quánshī), 拳手 (zh) (quánshǒu) Czech: boxer (cs) m Danish: bokser (da) c Dutch: bokser (nl) m, vuistvechter m, pugilist (nl) m Faroese: nevaleikari m, boksari m Finnish: nyrkkeilijä (fi) French: boxeur (fr) m Galician: boxeador m, boxeadora f German: Boxer (de) m, Boxerin (de) f Greek: πυγμάχος (el) m (pygmáchos), μποξέρ (el) m (boxér) Ancient: πύκτης m (púktēs) Hebrew: מִתְאַגְרֵף‎ m (mitagref), מתאגרפת‎ f (mitagrefet) Hungarian: bokszoló (hu), ökölvívó (hu) Icelandic: boxari (is) m, hnefaleikari m Ido: boxero (io), boxisto (io) Indonesian: bokser (id), petinju (id) Irish: dornálaí (ga) m, bacsálaí m Italian: pugile (it) m, boxeur (it) m Japanese: ボクサー (ja) (bokusā), 拳闘家 (けんとうか, kentōka) Kazakh: боксшы (boksşy) Korean: 복서 (bokseo) Latin: pugil Malay: peninju, ahli tinju Maori: kaimotomoto Norwegian: Bokmål: bokser (no) m Nynorsk: boksar m Old English: bēatere m Persian: بوکسور‎ (fa) (boksor) Polish: bokser (pl) m Portuguese: boxeador (pt) m, boxeadora f, pugilista (pt) m or f Romanian: boxer (ro) m, boxeră f Russian: боксёр (ru) m (boksjór) Spanish: boxeador (es) m, boxeadora (es) f Swahili: bondia (sw) Swedish: boxare (sv) c Thai: นักมวย (th) (nák-muai) Turkish: boksör (tr) Welsh: paffiwr m, bocsiwr m

breed of dog

Bulgarian: боксер m (bokser) Chinese: Mandarin: 拳師狗／拳师狗 (quánshīgǒu) Czech: boxer (cs) m Dutch: boxer (nl) m Esperanto: boksero Finnish: bokseri (fi) French: boxer (fr) m Galician: bóxer m German: Boxer (de) m Greek: μπόξερ (el) n (bóxer) Hebrew: בּוֹקְסֶר‎ (boqser) Hungarian: bokszer (hu) Icelandic: boxer, böggur m Indonesian: bokser (id) Irish: bocsaeir m Japanese: ボクサー (ja) (bokusā) Korean: 복서 (bokseo) Malay: anjing boxer Norwegian: Bokmål: boxer m, bokser (no) m Nynorsk: boksar m Polish: bokser (pl) m Portuguese: boxer (pt) m Romanian: boxer (ro) m Russian: боксёр (ru) m (boksjór) Spanish: bóxer (es) m

type of internal combustion engine — see boxer engine

See also

• wrestler
• Boxer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boxer (dog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rebox

---

Cebuano

Etymology

Named after its glove-like palps.

Noun

boxer

1. an unqualified spider in spider fighting, a male with glove-like palps, instead used as a feed

---

Czech

Noun

boxer m

1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)

Declension

Declension of boxer

	singular	plural
nominative	boxer	boxeři
genitive	boxera	boxerů
dative	boxerovi	boxerům
accusative	boxera	boxery
vocative	boxere	boxeři
locative	boxerovi	boxerech
instrumental	boxerem	boxery

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk.sɛʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

1. boxer (dog)
2. boxer shorts, boxers
3. boxer (engine)

Etymology 2

English box +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk.se/

Verb

boxer

1. to box (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)

Conjugation

Conjugation of boxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	boxer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	boxant /bɔk.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		boxé /bɔk.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	boxe /bɔks/	boxes /bɔks/	boxe /bɔks/	boxons /bɔk.sɔ̃/	boxez /bɔk.se/	boxent /bɔks/
	imperfect	boxais /bɔk.sɛ/	boxais /bɔk.sɛ/	boxait /bɔk.sɛ/	boxions /bɔk.sjɔ̃/	boxiez /bɔk.sje/	boxaient /bɔk.sɛ/
	past historic2	boxai /bɔk.se/	boxas /bɔk.sa/	boxa /bɔk.sa/	boxâmes /bɔk.sam/	boxâtes /bɔk.sat/	boxèrent /bɔk.sɛʁ/
	future	boxerai /bɔk.sə.ʁe/	boxeras /bɔk.sə.ʁa/	boxera /bɔk.sə.ʁa/	boxerons /bɔk.sə.ʁɔ̃/	boxerez /bɔk.sə.ʁe/	boxeront /bɔk.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	boxerais /bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/	boxerais /bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/	boxerait /bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/	boxerions /bɔk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	boxeriez /bɔk.sə.ʁje/	boxeraient /bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	boxe /bɔks/	boxes /bɔks/	boxe /bɔks/	boxions /bɔk.sjɔ̃/	boxiez /bɔk.sje/	boxent /bɔks/
	imperfect2	boxasse /bɔk.sas/	boxasses /bɔk.sas/	boxât /bɔk.sa/	boxassions /bɔk.sa.sjɔ̃/	boxassiez /bɔk.sa.sje/	boxassent /bɔk.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	boxe /bɔks/	—	boxons /bɔk.sɔ̃/	boxez /bɔk.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• boxe
• boxeur

Descendants

• → Catalan: boxar

Further reading

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

---

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping from English boxer shorts.

Noun

boxer m (invariable)

1. boxer shorts

---

Norman

Etymology

From English box +‎ -er.

Verb

boxer

1. (Jersey) to box

---

Portuguese

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

1. boxer (breed of dog)

---

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French boxeur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbok.ser/

Noun

boxer m (plural boxeri, feminine equivalent boxeră)

1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)

Declension

Declension of boxer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) boxer	boxerul	(niște) boxeri	boxerii
genitive/dative	(unui) boxer	boxerului	(unor) boxeri	boxerilor
vocative	boxerule		boxerilor

Synonyms

• pugilist

Related terms

• box
• boxa
• boxare

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boxer, French boxer, German Boxer.

Noun

boxer m (plural boxeri)

1. boxer (breed of dog)

Declension

Declension of boxer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) boxer	boxerul	(niște) boxeri	boxerii
genitive/dative	(unui) boxer	boxerului	(unor) boxeri	boxerilor
vocative	boxerule		boxerilor

References

• boxer in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

---

Spanish

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of bóxer