noun
Meaning 1
A person who plays cricket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cricketeer
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cricketer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtə/
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noun
Meaning 2
an athlete who plays cricket
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: athlete, jock
Narrower terms: bowler, fielder, fieldsman, wicket-keeper, Hobbs, Sir Jack Hobbs, John Berry Hobbs, Hutton, Sir Leonard Hutton
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English cricket Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cricketer From cricket + -er.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: krieketspeler — person who plays cricket
- Chinese Mandarin: 板球手 — person who plays cricket
- Chinese Mandarin: 板球運動員 /板球运动员 (bǎnqiú yùndòngyuán) — person who plays cricket
- Dutch: cricketer — person who plays cricket
- Dutch: cricketspeler — person who plays cricket
- Finnish: kriketinpelaaja — person who plays cricket
- French: joueur de cricket — person who plays cricket
- French: cricketeur — person who plays cricket
- German: Kricketspieler — person who plays cricket
- German: Kricketspielerin — person who plays cricket
- Hindi: क्रिकेटर (krikeṭar) — person who plays cricket
- Ido: kriketisto — person who plays cricket
- Japanese: クリケット選手 (kuriketto senshu) — person who plays cricket
- Korean: 크리켓 선수 (keuriket seonsu) — person who plays cricket
- Marathi: क्रिकेटर (krikeṭar) — person who plays cricket
- Marathi: क्रिकेटपटू (krikeṭapṭū) — person who plays cricket
- Polish: krykiecista — person who plays cricket
- Russian: крикети́ст (kriketíst) — person who plays cricket
- Spanish: criquetista — person who plays cricket
- Swahili: mwanakriketi — person who plays cricket
- Swedish: cricketspelare — person who plays cricket
- Swedish: kricketspelare — person who plays cricket
- Tamil: மட்டைப்பந்து விளையாட்டாளர் (maṭṭaippantu viḷaiyāṭṭāḷar) — person who plays cricket
- Tamil: மட்டைப்பந்து வீரர் (maṭṭaippantu vīrar) — person who plays cricket
- Welsh: cricedwr — person who plays cricket
Real reading context