name · noun · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/
General-American:/ˈʌm.paɪɹ/
Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:AH1 M P AY2 ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Busby
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
An official who presides over a sports match.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
An official who presides over a sports match.
The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: badminton
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An official who presides over a sports match.
One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
An official who presides over a sports match.
A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. There may be up to four umpires depending on the league. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Australian rules football
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
An official who presides over a sports match.
The official who presides over a curling game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 10
A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 11
To act as an umpire in a game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
verb
Meaning 12
To decide as an umpire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arbitrate, settle
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature
the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants
an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arbiter, arbitrator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluator, judge
Narrower terms: third party
14
noun
Meaning 14
an official at a baseball game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ump
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official
15
verb
Meaning 15
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: referee
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: judge
History
Etymology
From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”).
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Breton:
tredeog
— an official who oversees a game or match
Bulgarian:
съдия
(sǎdija)
— an official who oversees a game or match
Catalan:
àrbitre
— an official who oversees a game or match
Czech:
rozhodčí
— an official who oversees a game or match
Danish:
dommer
— an official who oversees a game or match
Dutch:
scheidsrechter
— an official who oversees a game or match
Esperanto:
arbitraciisto
— an official who oversees a game or match
Esperanto:
ludjuĝisto
— an official who oversees a game or match
Finnish:
erotuomari
— an official who oversees a game or match
French:
arbitre
— an official who oversees a game or match
German:
Schiedsrichter
— an official who oversees a game or match
German:
Schiri
— an official who oversees a game or match
German:
Unparteiischer
— an official who oversees a game or match
Greek:
διαιτητής
(diaititís)
— an official who oversees a game or match
Ancient Greek:
βραβευτής
(brabeutḗs)
— an official who oversees a game or match
Irish:
maor
— an official who oversees a game or match
Italian:
superarbitro
— an official who oversees a game or match
Korean:
심판원
(simpanwon)
— an official who oversees a game or match
Māori:
amapaea
— an official who oversees a game or match
Māori:
kaiwawao
— an official who oversees a game or match
Marathi:
पंच
(pañca)
— an official who oversees a game or match
Mewari:
पंच
(pañc)
— an official who oversees a game or match
Norwegian Bokmål:
dommer
— an official who oversees a game or match
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dommar
— an official who oversees a game or match
Persian:
داور
(dâvar)
— an official who oversees a game or match
Plautdietsch:
Spellvemedla
— an official who oversees a game or match
Portuguese:
árbitro
— an official who oversees a game or match
Romanian:
arbitru
— an official who oversees a game or match
Spanish:
árbitro
— an official who oversees a game or match
Spanish:
ampáyer
— an official who oversees a game or match
Spanish:
ompáyer
— an official who oversees a game or match
Spanish:
umpire
— an official who oversees a game or match
Spanish:
ampaya
— an official who oversees a game or match
Swedish:
domare
— an official who oversees a game or match
Turkish:
hakem
— an official who oversees a game or match
Armenian:
մրցավար
(mrcʻavar)
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Bulgarian:
посредник
(posrednik)
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Bulgarian:
арбитър
(arbitǎr)
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Catalan:
àrbitre
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Czech:
rozhodčí
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Czech:
arbitr
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Finnish:
sovittelija
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Finnish:
välimies
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
French:
arbitre
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Galician:
árbitro
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
German:
Schlichter
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
German:
Schiedsrichter
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
German:
Obmann
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Ancient Greek:
διαιτητής
(diaitētḗs)
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Italian:
arbitro
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Māori:
amapaea
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Māori:
kaiwawao
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Middle English:
noumper
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Portuguese:
árbitro
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Romanian:
arbitru
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Spanish:
árbitro
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Turkish:
başkan
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Turkish:
hakem
— a person who arbitrates between contending parties
Arabic:
حكم
— to act as an umpire in a game
Bulgarian:
свиря
(svirja)
— to act as an umpire in a game
Dutch:
als scheidsrechter m beslissen
— to act as an umpire in a game
Finnish:
erotuomaroida
— to act as an umpire in a game
Finnish:
tuomaroida
— to act as an umpire in a game
French:
arbitrer
— to act as an umpire in a game
German:
schiedsrichtern
— to act as an umpire in a game
Italian:
arbitro
— to act as an umpire in a game
Japanese:
審判
(shinpan)
— to act as an umpire in a game
Japanese:
審判員 アンパイヤ
(shinpan'in)
— to act as an umpire in a game
Macedonian:
су́ди
(súdi)
— to act as an umpire in a game
Māori:
amapaea
— to act as an umpire in a game
Portuguese:
arbitrar
— to act as an umpire in a game
Romanian:
arbitra
— to act as an umpire in a game
Russian:
суди́ть
(sudítʹ)
— to act as an umpire in a game
Spanish:
arbitrar
— to act as an umpire in a game
Spanish:
ampayar
— to act as an umpire in a game
Turkish:
hakemlik yapmak
— to act as an umpire in a game
