acrobat

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• US: /ˈæk.ɹə.bæt/
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• rhymes with -æt
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 K R AH0 B AE2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros) Proto-Indo-European *gwem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gwm̥yéti Proto-Hellenic *gwəňňō Proto-Indo-European *gweh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *égwēn Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)bor. French acrobateder. English acrobat From French acrobate, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs, “walking on tiptoe, climbing aloft”), from ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō, “to walk on tiptoe”), from ἄκρον (ákron, “highest or farthest point, mountain top, peak”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, step”).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Arabic: بَهْلَوَان (bahlawān) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Armenian: ակրոբատ (akrobat) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Basque: akrobata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Bulgarian: акроба́т (akrobát) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Bulgarian: акроба́тка (akrobátka) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Catalan: acròbata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Catalan: equilibrista — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Chinese Mandarin: 雜技演員 /杂技演员 (zájì yǎnyuán) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬戲演員 /马戏演员 (mǎxì yǎnyuán) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Czech: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Czech: akrobatka — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Danish: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Dutch: acrobaat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Dutch: acrobate — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Esperanto: akrobato — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Esperanto: akrobatino — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Esperanto: ekvilibristo — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Esperanto: ekvilibristino — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Estonian: akrobaat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Finnish: akrobaatti — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Finnish: tasapainotaiteilija — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• French: acrobate — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Georgian: ჯამბაზი (ǯambazi) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• German: Akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• German: Akrobatin — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Greek: ακροβάτης (akrovátis) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Greek: ακροβάτισσα (akrovátissa) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Ancient Greek: ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Ancient Greek: κυβιστητήρ (kubistētḗr) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Gujarati: કળાબાજ઼ (kaḷābāz) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Hebrew: לולין (lulyán) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Hindi: कलाबाज़ (kalābāz) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Hungarian: akrobata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Italian: acrobata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Japanese: アクロバット (akurobatto) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Korean: 곡예사 (gogyesa) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Latin: petaurista — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Latin: petauristēs — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Latin: cernuus — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Latin: fūnambulus — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Latin: fūniambulus — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Marathi: डोंबारी (ḍombārī) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Norman: acrobate — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Norwegian Bokmål: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Norwegian Nynorsk: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Persian: بندباز (bandbâz) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Polish: akrobata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Polish: akrobatka — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Portuguese: acrobata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Romanian: acrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Romanian: acrobată — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Russian: акроба́т (akrobát) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Russian: акроба́тка (akrobátka) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Sanskrit: जायाजीव (jāyājīva) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Serbo-Croatian: акробата — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Serbo-Croatian: акробат — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Serbo-Croatian: akrobata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Serbo-Croatian: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Slovak: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Slovak: akrobatka — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Slovene: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Slovene: akrobatka — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Spanish: acróbata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Spanish: saltimbanqui — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Spanish: equilibrista — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Swedish: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Tagalog: akrobata — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Tagalog: sirkero — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Tagalog: magsisirko — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Thai: นักโลดโผน (nák-lôot-pǒon) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Turkish: akrobat — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Turkish: cambaz — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
• Ottoman Turkish: جانباز (cambaz) — athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination