striper
English
Etymology
- (device): From stripe (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).
- (fish): From stripe (noun) + -er (relational suffix).
- (military): From stripe (noun) + -er (suffix denoting a person to whom a certain number of something applies).
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪpɚ/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪpə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
striper (plural stripers)
- A device that applies stripes.
- We rented a line striper for the parking lot.
- (fishing) The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.
- I caught a striper today.
- (military, in combination) A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.
- 1956, Louis Reichers, The Flying Years[1], page 110:
- He's a four-striper, a group captain.
See also
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
striper m or f
- indefinite plural of stripe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
striper f
- indefinite plural of stripe
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stripper or English stripper.
Noun
striper n (plural stripere)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | striper | striperul | stripere | striperele | |
genitive-dative | striper | striperului | stripere | striperelor | |
vocative | striperule | striperelor |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strîper/
- Hyphenation: stri‧per
Noun
strȉper m anim (Cyrillic spelling стри̏пер)
- a maker of comic strips; cartoonist
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | striper | striperi |
genitive | stripera | stripera |
dative | striperu | striperima |
accusative | stripera | stripere |
vocative | striperu | striperi |
locative | striperu | striperima |
instrumental | striperom | striperima |