borrower

English

Etymology

From Middle English borower, borewer, borwere, equivalent to borrow +‎ -er (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹəuə/

Noun

borrower (plural borrowers)

One who borrows.
a library borrower's card

Antonyms

lender

Translations

one who borrows

Arabic: مُسْتَعِير‎ m (mustaʿīr), مُسْتَعِيرَة‎ f (mustaʿīra)
Catalan: manllevador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 借款人 (zh) (jièkuǎnrén), 借用人 (jièyòngrén)
Esperanto: prunteprenanto
Finnish: lainaaja (fi), lainanottaja (fi)
French: emprunteur (fr) m, emprunteuse (fr) f
German: Kreditnehmer (de) m, Entleiher m
Greek: δανειολήπτης (el) m (daneiolíptis)

Irish: iasachtaí m
Japanese: 借り手 (かりて, karite)
Norman: emprunteux m (Jersey)
Portuguese: emprestador m
Russian: заёмщик (ru) m (zajómščik), заёмщица (ru) f (zajómščica), беру́щий взаймы́ m (berúščij vzajmý), беру́щий в долг m (berúščij v dolg)
Scots: borraer
Spanish: prestatario m (money)
Swedish: låntagare (sv) c

See also

Anagrams

reborrow

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