noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ɪnˈʃʊ.ɹə/
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US:/ɪnˈʃʊɹ.ɚ/
US:/ɪnˈʃɝ.ɚ/
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N SH UH1 R ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who insures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, insurance
Examples
After the accident I contacted the insurer who paid for the repairs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a financial institution that sells insurance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree English insure 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 insurer From insure + -er.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
versekeraar
— one who insures
Bulgarian:
застраховател
(zastrahovatel)
— one who insures
Chinese Mandarin:
保險人 /保险人
(bǎoxiǎnrén)
— one who insures
Chinese Mandarin:
承保人
(chéngbǎorén)
— one who insures
Czech:
pojišťovatel
— one who insures
Danish:
assurandør
— one who insures
Dutch:
verzekeraar
— one who insures
Esperanto:
asekuristo
— one who insures
Finnish:
vakuutuksenantaja
— one who insures
Finnish:
vakuuttaja
— one who insures
French:
assureur
— one who insures
French:
assureuse
— one who insures
French:
assureure
— one who insures
German:
Versicherer
— one who insures
German:
Versicherungsgeber
— one who insures
German:
Versicherungsträger
— one who insures
Gujarati:
વીમાદાતા
(vīmādātā)
— one who insures
Italian:
assicuratore
— one who insures
Italian:
assicuratrice
— one who insures
Kazakh:
сақтандырушы
(saqtandyruşy)
— one who insures
Macedonian:
осигури́тел
(osigurítel)
— one who insures
Polish:
asekurant
— one who insures
Polish:
asekurantka
— one who insures
Polish:
asekurator
— one who insures
Polish:
asekuratorka
— one who insures
Polish:
ubezpieczyciel
— one who insures
Polish:
ubezpieczycielka
— one who insures
Portuguese:
segurador
— one who insures
Portuguese:
seguradora
— one who insures
Romanian:
asigurător
— one who insures
Romanian:
asigurătoare
— one who insures
Russian:
страховщик
(straxovščik)
— one who insures
