saboteur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy.

Synonyms

sabotageur

Translations

a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property

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 (tīnmóu pòhuài zhě)
Czech: sabotér m
Danish: sabotør c
Dutch: saboteur (nl) m
Esperanto: sabotanto, sabotulo
Finnish: sabotööri, sabotoija (fi)
French: saboteur (fr) m
German: Saboteur m
Greek: δολιοφθορέας m (doliofthoréas), σαμποτέρ (el) m (sampotér)

Hungarian: szabotőr (hu)
Interlingua: saboteur
Japanese: サボタージ員 (sabotāji-in), 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)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sabotør m
Portuguese: sabotador (pt) m
Russian: сабота́жник (ru) m (sabotážnik), сабота́жница (ru) f (sabotážnica), диверса́нт (ru) m (diversánt), диверса́нтка (ru) f (diversántka)
Spanish: saboteador (es) m, saboteadora (es) f
Swedish: sabotör (sv) c
Volapük: sabotan

See also

Anagrams

U-boaters, bears out, outbears

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs, feminine saboteuse)

saboteur

Further reading

“saboteur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

bouteras

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