different between scupper vs sabotage

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk?p.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sk?p.?/
• Rhymes: -?p?(?)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English scope (“scoop”) or Dutch schop (“shovel”) +? -er; or from Dutch scheppen (“to draw off”).

Noun

scupper (plural scuppers)

1. (nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2. (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• scupper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin; possibly verbized form of Etymology 1, but this is unlikely.

Verb

scupper (third-person singular simple present scuppers, present participle scuppering, simple past and past participle scuppered)

1. (Britain) Thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another; compare scuttle.
   • 2002, Hugo Young, The Guardian (2 Jul):

     "We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice."

Translations

References

• “scupper”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• cuppers

English

Etymology

From French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæb?t??/

Noun

sabotage (usually uncountable, plural sabotages)

1. A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
2. (military) An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources.

Translations

Verb

sabotage (third-person singular simple present sabotages, present participle sabotaging, simple past and past participle sabotaged)

1. To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

Translations

See also

• terrorism

References

Anagrams

• boatages

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Noun

sabotage c (singular definite sabotagen, plural indefinite sabotager)

1. sabotage

Declension

Related terms

• sabotere
• sabotør

Further reading

• “sabotage” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sabotage” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?bo??ta???/
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?ta?ge
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

sabotage m (uncountable)

1. sabotage

Related terms

• saboteren
• saboteur

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: sabotase

French

Etymology

From saboter +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.b?.ta?/
• Homophone: sabotages
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?tage

Noun

sabotage m (plural sabotages)

1. sabotage

Descendants

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sab??t???/

Noun

sabotage n

1. sabotage

Declension

Related terms

• sabotera
• sabotör

Further reading

• sabotage in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)