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/
  • (US) enPR: bäksʹər, IPA(key): /ˈbɑːksɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒksə(r)

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

Derived terms

Translations
type of internal combustion engine — see boxer engine

See also

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔk.sɛʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔk.se/

Verb

boxer

  1. to box
Conjugation
Conjugation of boxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle boxant
/bɔk.sɑ̃/
past participle boxé
/bɔk.se/
infinitive
simple boxer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple boxant
/bɔk.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Italian

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

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

Spanish

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of bóxer
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