English Explanatory Dictionary

umpire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An official who presides over a sports match.
  2. The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
  3. One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  4. One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
  5. The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
  6. 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.
  7. The official who presides over a curling game.
  8. A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
verb
  1. To act as an umpire in a game.
  2. To decide as an umpire.
name
  1. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
  2. An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.

Pronunciation

/ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/ /ˈʌm.paɪɹ/ en-au-umpire.ogg

Word forms

umpire umpires umpiring umpired

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”). Doublet of nonpareil.

Synonyms

arbitrate settle Busby

Related words

nonpareil

Derived words

chair umpire line umpire square leg umpire third umpire umpire-in-chief

Translations

Breton: tredeog Bulgarian: съдия Catalan: àrbitre Czech: rozhodčí Danish: dommer Dutch: scheidsrechter Esperanto: arbitraciisto Esperanto: ludjuĝisto Finnish: erotuomari French: arbitre German: Schiedsrichter German: Schiri German: Unparteiischer Greek: διαιτητής Ancient Greek: βραβευτής Irish: maor Italian: superarbitro Korean: 심판원 Māori: amapaea Māori: kaiwawao Marathi: पंच Mewari: पंच Norwegian Bokmål: dommer Norwegian Nynorsk: dommar Persian: داور Plautdietsch: Spellvemedla Portuguese: árbitro Romanian: arbitru Spanish: árbitro Spanish: ampáyer Spanish: ompáyer Spanish: umpire Spanish: ampaya Swedish: domare Turkish: hakem
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