English Explanatory Dictionary

spoiler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
  2. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
  3. A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc.
  4. A device to reduce lift and increase drag.
  5. A device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
  6. A competitor, unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another’s victory.
verb
  1. To mark (a document or message) with a spoiler warning, to prevent readers from accidentally learning details they would prefer not to know.
  2. To tell (a person) details of how a story ends etc.

Pronunciation

/ˈspɔɪ.lə/ /ˈspɔɪ.lɚ/ En-us-spoiler.ogg en-au-spoiler.ogg

Word forms

spoiler spoilers spoilering spoilered

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English spoiler From spoil + -er.

Derived words

Q spoiler spoilerage spoiler ahead spoiler alert spoiler effect spoilerette spoilerific spoileron spoiler space spoilervirgin spoilerwhore spoilery unspoiler

Translations

Bulgarian: спо́йлер Chinese Mandarin: 導流板 /导流板 Czech: spoiler Finnish: spoileri French: aileron French: spoiler German: Spoiler Greek: αεροτομή Italian: alettone Japanese: スポイラー Korean: 스포일러 Polish: spoiler Portuguese: spoiler Portuguese: aerofólio Russian: спо́йлер Russian: антикрыло́ Spanish: espóiler Spanish: alerón Spanish: spoiler Swedish: spoiler Thai: สปอยเลอร์
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