different between saboteur vs vandal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæb??t??(?)/, /?sæb??t??(?)/

Noun

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

1. A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy.

   Synonym: sabotageur

Translations

See also

• sabotage
• terrorism

Anagrams

• U-boaters, bears out, outbears

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?.bo??tø?r/
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?teur
• Rhymes: -ø?r

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs)

1. saboteur

Related terms

• sabotage
• saboteren

French

Etymology

saboter (“to sabotage”) +? -eur, from sabot (“clog”) (where mill workers would throw their wooden clogs into the machinery to make it halt or break down.)

Pronunciation

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs, feminine saboteuse)

1. saboteur

Descendants

• ? Dutch: saboteur
• ? English: saboteur

Further reading

• “saboteur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bouteras

English

Etymology

From Vandal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vænd?l/
• Rhymes: -ænd?l

Noun

vandal (plural vandals)

1. A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property.

Synonyms

• destroyer
• ruiner
• wrecker

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Noun

vandal m

1. vandal (person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property)

Further reading

• vandal in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• vandal in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English vandal.

Noun

vandal m (genitive singular vandal, plural vandallyn)

1. (historical) vandal

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vandali (plural)

Noun

vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandaler, definite plural vandalene)

1. (modern-day) a vandal
2. (historical) a Vandal

Derived terms

• vandalsk

References

• “vandal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin vandali (plural)

Noun

vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandalar, definite plural vandalane)

1. (modern-day) a vandal
2. (historical) a Vandal

Derived terms

• vandalsk

References

• “vandal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French vandale.

Noun

vandal m (plural vandali)

1. vandal
2. Vandal

Declension