scavenger

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• UK: /ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
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• CMU ARPABET: S K AE1 V AH0 N JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Originally from Middle English scavager, from Anglo-Norman scawageour (“one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”), from Old Northern French *scawage, escauwage (“scavage”), Old French *scavage, escavage, alteration of escauvinghe (compare Medieval Latin scewinga, sceawinga), from Old Dutch scauwōn (“to inspect, to examinate, to look at”). Usually reinterpreted/re-analysed today as scavenge (which was originally a backformation from this word) + -er. Compare Old English sċēawung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”) and Dutch schouwing (“inspection”). More at show. See also messenger and passenger.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَبَّاش (nabbāš) — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Arabic: قَمَّام (qammām) — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Bulgarian: боклуджия (bokludžija) — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Chinese Mandarin: 拾荒者 (Shíhuāngzhě) — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Czech: vybírač popelnic — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Danish: skralder — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Dutch: jutter — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Finnish: jätteiden keräilijä — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Finnish: roskien keräilijä — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• German: Abfalldurchstöberer — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• German: Mülldurchstöberer — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Hungarian: guberáló — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Irish: bailitheoir — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Italian: razzolatore — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Italian: spazzino — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Latin: colacarius — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Māori: hamuhamu — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Polish: złomiarz — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Portuguese: catador — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Russian: помо́ешник (pomóješnik) — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Spanish: reciclador — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Spanish: reciclador de base — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Spanish: pepenador — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Spanish: cartonero — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Spanish: excavador — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Spanish: buzo — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Yoruba: túlẹ̀túlẹ̀ — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Yoruba: aṣalẹ̀ — Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
• Breton: gagnaouaer — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Catalan: carronyaire — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Czech: mrchožrout — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Dutch: aaseter — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Finnish: haaskaeläin — animal feeding on decaying matter
• French: animal nécrophage — animal feeding on decaying matter
• French: charognard — animal feeding on decaying matter
• German: Aasfresser — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Greek: πτωματοφάγο (ptomatofágo) — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Hebrew: אוכל נבלות — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Hungarian: dögevő — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Italian: necrofago — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Italian: saprofago — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Korean: 청소 동물 (cheongso dongmul) — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Macedonian: мршојадец (mršojadec) — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Norwegian Bokmål: åtseleter — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åtseletar — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Polish: padlinożerca — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Portuguese: necrófago — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Portuguese: carniceiro — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Russian: па́дальщик (pádalʹščik) — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Slovene: mrhovinar — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Spanish: carroñero — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Spanish: carroñera — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Swedish: asätare — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Tagalog: sasaid — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Yoruba: jòkújòkú — animal feeding on decaying matter
• Bulgarian: очистител (očistitel) — substance to remove impurities
• German: Spülmittel — substance to remove impurities
• Russian: поглоти́тель (poglotítelʹ) — substance to remove impurities