pitcher

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈphɪt͡ʃə]
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈphɪt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈphɪt͡ʃɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ɪtʃə(ɹ)
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• homophone: picture (regional)
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• CMU ARPABET: P IH1 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From pitch + -er.

From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small jug”), bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). Doublet of beaker.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: питчър (pitčǎr) — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Catalan: llançador — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Chinese Mandarin: 投手 (tóushǒu) — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Dutch: werper — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Esperanto: ĵetanto — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Esperanto: lanĉulo — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Finnish: syöttäjä — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Finnish: lukkari — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• French: lanceur — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• French: lanceuse — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• German: Pitcher — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• German: Werfer — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Hungarian: dobó — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Italian: lanciatore — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Japanese: 投手 (tōshu) — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Japanese: ピッチャー (pitchā) — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Korean: 투수 (tusu) — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Korean: 피처 (picheo) — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Macedonian: фрлач (frlač) — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Māori: kaiepa — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Polish: miotacz — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Portuguese: lançador — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Russian: пи́тчер (pítčer) — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Spanish: lanzador — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Spanish: lanzadora — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Spanish: pícher — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Spanish: monticulista — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Swedish: kastare — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Swedish: pitcher — the player who throws the ball to the batter
• Italian: attivo — gay dominant sex partner
• Portuguese: ativo — gay dominant sex partner
• Spanish: activo — gay dominant sex partner
• Spanish: soplanucas — gay dominant sex partner
• Albanian: shtambë — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Albanian: kënatë — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Albanian: brokë — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Amharic: ደምበጃን (dämbäǧan) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Arabic: إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Arabic: زِير (zīr) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Arabic: أبريق (abrīʔ) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Arabic: شفشقبلاص (šafšaʔ) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Arabic: دولكة (dōlka) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܠܡܵܐ (talmā) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܒ݂ܪܝܼܩܵܐ (aḇrīqā) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Armenian: կուժ (kuž) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Armenian: սափոր (sapʻor) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Armenian: կարաս (karas) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Assamese: কলহ (koloh) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Azerbaijani: dolça — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Bulgarian: глинена кана (glinena kana) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Catalan: gerra — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Chinese Mandarin: 大罐 (dàguàn) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Chinese Mandarin: 罐子 (guànzi) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Chinese Mandarin: 罐 (guàn) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Coptic: ⲕⲏⲃⲓ (kēbi) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Czech: džbán — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Dutch: kan — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Faliscan: cuto — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Finnish: vesikannu — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Finnish: kannu — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Finnish: kaadin — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• French: cruche — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• French: pichet — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Galician: pichel — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Galician: xerra — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Galician: xerro — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• German: Krug — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• German: Karaffe — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• German: Kanne — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Greek: κανάτα (kanáta) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Ancient Greek: κρωσσός (krōssós) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Hebrew: כד (kad) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Hungarian: kancsó — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Hungarian: korsó — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Icelandic: kanna — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Ido: krucho — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Irish: crúsca — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Italian: caraffa — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Italian: brocca — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Japanese: 水差し (mizusashi) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Japanese: ピッチャー (pitchā) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Korean: 주전자 (jujeonja) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Latin: urceus — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Latin: fūtis — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Macedonian: бокал (bokal) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Macedonian: кондир (kondir) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Malayalam: കിണ്ടി (kiṇṭi) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Māori: tiaka — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Māori: takawai — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Norman: bro — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Persian: پارچ (pârč) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Plautdietsch: Kaunkje — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Polish: dzban — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Polish: kruża — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Portuguese: jarra — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Portuguese: jarro — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Romanian: bărdacă — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Russian: кувши́н (kuvšín) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Sanskrit: कलश (kalaśa) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Slovak: džbán — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Spanish: jarra — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Spanish: pichel — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Spanish: pícher — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Spanish: pítcher — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Swahili: nzio — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Swedish: tillbringare — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Tagalog: pitsel — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Tamil: செம்பு (cempu) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Tamil: கிண்டி (kiṇṭi) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Thai: เหยือก (yʉ̀ʉak) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Tibetan: རྫ་རྐྱན (rdza rkyan) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Tibetan: ཟངས་རྐྱན (zangs rkyan) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Turkish: sürahi — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Ottoman Turkish: صراحی (sürâhi) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Ottoman Turkish: دستی (desti) — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Waray-Waray: pitsil — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Welsh: stên — A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
• Finnish: vesikannu — A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants