defector

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• UK: /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 F EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin facio Latin dēficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin dēfectorbor. English defector Borrowed from Latin dēfector.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: перабе́жчык (pjerabjéžčyk) — one who defects
• Belarusian: перабе́жчыца (pjerabjéžčyca) — one who defects
• Belarusian: дэзерці́р (dezjercír) — one who defects
• Belarusian: дэзэрты́р (dezertýr) — one who defects
• Bulgarian: дезертьо́р (dezertjór) — one who defects
• Chinese Mandarin: 背叛者 (bèipànzhě) — one who defects
• Chinese Mandarin: 逃兵 (deserter) — one who defects
• Chinese Mandarin: 變節者 /变节者 (biànjiézhě) — one who defects
• Chinese Mandarin: 脫北者 /脱北者 (tuōběizhě) — one who defects
• Czech: přeběhlík — one who defects
• Danish: afhopper — one who defects
• Dutch: overloper — one who defects
• Dutch: deserteur — one who defects
• Finnish: petturi — one who defects
• Finnish: loikkari — one who defects
• French: transfuge — one who defects
• Georgian: განდგომილი (gandgomili) — one who defects
• Georgian: რენეგატი (renegaṭi) — one who defects
• Georgian: საზღვარგარეთ გამქცევი (sazɣvargaret gamkcevi) — one who defects
• German: Überläufer — one who defects
• German: Überläuferin — one who defects
• Greek: αυτόμολος (aftómolos) — one who defects
• Hungarian: disszidens — one who defects
• Indonesian: pembelot — one who defects
• Japanese: 離反者 (rihansha) — one who defects
• Japanese: 脱北者 (dappokusha) — one who defects
• Korean: 탈주자 (taljuja) — one who defects
• Korean: 탈영자 (taryeongja) — one who defects
• Korean: 변절자 (byeonjeolja) — one who defects
• Korean: 탈북자 (talbukja) — one who defects
• Latin: dēfector — one who defects
• Latin: transfuga — one who defects
• Macedonian: дезерте́р (dezertér) — one who defects
• Norwegian Bokmål: avhopper — one who defects
• Polish: dezerter — one who defects
• Polish: dezerterka — one who defects
• Portuguese: desertor — one who defects
• Portuguese: trânsfuga — one who defects
• Russian: перебе́жчик (perebéžčik) — one who defects
• Russian: перебе́жчица (perebéžčica) — one who defects
• Russian: дезерти́р (dezertír) — one who defects
• Russian: отсту́пник (otstúpnik) — one who defects
• Russian: отсту́пница (otstúpnica) — one who defects
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐбег — one who defects
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐбјег — one who defects
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐбеглица — one who defects
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐбјеглица — one who defects
• Serbo-Croatian: prèbeg — one who defects
• Serbo-Croatian: prèbjeg — one who defects
• Serbo-Croatian: prèbeglica — one who defects
• Serbo-Croatian: prèbjeglica — one who defects
• Slovak: prebehlík — one who defects
• Slovak: prebehlíčka — one who defects
• Slovene: prebežnik — one who defects
• Slovene: prebežnica — one who defects
• Spanish: tránsfuga — one who defects
• Spanish: desertor — one who defects
• Swedish: avhoppare — one who defects
• Turkish: sığınmacı — one who defects
• Ukrainian: перебі́жчик (perebížčyk) — one who defects
• Ukrainian: перебі́жчиця (perebížčycja) — one who defects
• Ukrainian: дезерти́р (dezertýr) — one who defects
• Welsh: enciliwr — one who defects