noun
Meaning 1
Someone who intrudes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- All intruders will be shot!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intruder
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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Canada: /ənˈtɹudɚ/
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UK: /ɪnˈtɹuː.də(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interloper, trespasser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwelcome person, persona non grata, entrant
Narrower terms: boarder, gatecrasher, crasher, unwelcome guest, infiltrator, invader, encroacher, penetrator, prowler, sneak, stalker, pusher, thruster, squatter, stranger, alien, unknown
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English intrude 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 intruder From intrude + -er.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُقْتَحِم (muqtaḥim) — someone who intrudes
- Arabic: دَخِيل (daḵīl) — someone who intrudes
- Bulgarian: натрапник (natrapnik) — someone who intrudes
- Bulgarian: неканен гост (nekanen gost) — someone who intrudes
- Catalan: intrús — someone who intrudes
- Czech: vetřelec — someone who intrudes
- Dutch: indringer — someone who intrudes
- Finnish: tunkeilija — someone who intrudes
- Finnish: tunkeutuja — someone who intrudes
- French: intrus — someone who intrudes
- French: importun — someone who intrudes
- German: Eindringling — someone who intrudes
- Greek: εισβολέας (eisvoléas) — someone who intrudes
- Greek: παρείσακτος (pareísaktos) — someone who intrudes
- Hindi: घुसपैठिया (ghuspaiṭhiyā) — someone who intrudes
- Icelandic: boðflenna — someone who intrudes
- Indonesian: penyusup — someone who intrudes
- Italian: intruso — someone who intrudes
- Japanese: 侵入者 (shin'nyū-sha) — someone who intrudes
- Korean: 불법 침입자 (bulbeop chimipja) — someone who intrudes
- Latin: interventor — someone who intrudes
- Lithuanian: įsibrovėlis — someone who intrudes
- Macedonian: натрапник (natrapnik) — someone who intrudes
- Norwegian Bokmål: inntrenger — someone who intrudes
- Norwegian Nynorsk: intrengar — someone who intrudes
- Norwegian Nynorsk: inntrengjar — someone who intrudes
- Polish: intruz — someone who intrudes
- Portuguese: intruso — someone who intrudes
- Russian: наруши́тель (narušítelʹ) — someone who intrudes
- Russian: наруши́тельница (narušítelʹnica) — someone who intrudes
- Skolt-Sami: čäŋŋõõtti — someone who intrudes
- Scottish Gaelic: sgimilear — someone who intrudes
- Serbo-Croatian: uljez — someone who intrudes
- Spanish: intruso — someone who intrudes
- Spanish: intrusa — someone who intrudes
- Spanish: intrusete — someone who intrudes
- Swedish: inkräktare — someone who intrudes
- Turkish: davetsiz misafir — someone who intrudes
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