climber

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪmə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkhl̥aɪ̯mə]
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• General-American: /ˈklaɪmɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈkhl̥aɪ̯mɚ] ~ [ˈkhl̥aɪ̯mɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -aɪmə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K L AY1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English clymbere, clymber (“one who climbs, climber”), from climben (“to climb; to ascend, fly upward, rise; to slope upwards; to approach God in prayer; to advance; to overcome, triumph; to aspire; to be presumptuous”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as climb (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

From climb + -er (frequentative suffix); or a blend of climb + clamber.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: катерач (katerač) — someone or something that climbs
• Dutch: klimmer — someone or something that climbs
• Dutch: beklimmer — someone or something that climbs
• Finnish: kiipeilijä — someone or something that climbs
• French: grimpeur — someone or something that climbs
• French: grimpeuse — someone or something that climbs
• Galician: escalador — someone or something that climbs
• German: Kletterer — someone or something that climbs
• German: Kletterin — someone or something that climbs
• Hebrew: מטפס (met'apes) — someone or something that climbs
• Hebrew: מטפסת (met'apeset) — someone or something that climbs
• Ido: klimanto — someone or something that climbs
• Ido: klimero — someone or something that climbs
• Italian: arrampicatore — someone or something that climbs
• Italian: arrampicatrice — someone or something that climbs
• Italian: scalatore — someone or something that climbs
• Italian: scalatrice — someone or something that climbs
• Middle English: clymbere — someone or something that climbs
• Norwegian Bokmål: klatrer — someone or something that climbs
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klatrar — someone or something that climbs
• Portuguese: escalador — someone or something that climbs
• Portuguese: escaladora — someone or something that climbs
• Portuguese: trepador — someone or something that climbs
• Portuguese: trepadora — someone or something that climbs
• Romanian: cățărător — someone or something that climbs
• Romanian: cățărătoare — someone or something that climbs
• Russian: скалола́з (skaloláz) — someone or something that climbs
• Russian: скалола́зка (skalolázka) — someone or something that climbs
• Scottish Gaelic: streapadair — someone or something that climbs
• Spanish: escalador — someone or something that climbs
• Spanish: escaladora — someone or something that climbs
• Spanish: trepador — someone or something that climbs
• Spanish: trepadora — someone or something that climbs
• Swahili: mpandaji — someone or something that climbs
• Swahili: mkwezi — someone or something that climbs
• Swedish: klättrare — someone or something that climbs
• Bulgarian: пълзящо растение (pǎlzjašto rastenie) — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Catalan: enfiladissa — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Dutch: klimplant — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Dutch: slingerplant — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Finnish: köynnöskasvi — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Galician: rubideira — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• German: Kletterpflanze — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• German: Schlingpflanze (twiner) — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Hungarian: futónövény — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Hungarian: kúszónövény — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Ido: klimero — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Italian: rampicante — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Malayalam: വള്ളി (vaḷḷi) — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Malayalam: വല്ലി (valli) — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Malayalam: ലത (lata) — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Malayalam: ആരോഹി (ārōhi) — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Portuguese: trepadeira — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Portuguese: trepador — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Portuguese: trepadora — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Romanian: plantă agățătoare — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Sanskrit: लता (latā) — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Scottish Gaelic: dreimire — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Spanish: enredadera — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Spanish: trepadora — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Swedish: klätterväxt — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Swedish: klängväxt — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• Ukrainian: лоза́ (lozá) — plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support
• French: grimpeur — cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads
• French: grimpeuse — cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads
• Italian: scalatore — cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads
• Italian: scalatrice — cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads