boxer

See also: Boxer and bóxer

English
Two boxers (fighters) in a boxing match.
A boxer (breed of dog).

Etymology

box +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒksə/
  • Audio (RP)(file)
  • (US) enPR: bäksʹər, IPA(key): /ˈbɑksɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒksə(ɹ)

Noun

boxer (plural boxers)

  1. A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
    You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.
  2. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
  3. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
  4. The person running a game of two-up.
  5. One who packs boxes.
    • 1917, Vocational Education Survey of Minneapolis, Minn, page 385:
      They look over the boxes that have been packed, pass judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]
  6. A letterboxer.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations
type of internal combustion engine — see boxer engine

See also

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Named after its glove-like palps.

Noun

boxer

  1. an unqualified spider in spider fighting, a male with glove-like palps, instead used as a feed

Czech

Noun

boxer m anim

  1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)
  2. boxer (breed of dog)

Declension
Declension of boxer (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative boxer boxeři
genitive boxera boxerů
dative boxerovi, boxeru boxerům
accusative boxera boxery
vocative boxere boxeři
locative boxerovi, boxeru boxerech
instrumental boxerem boxery

Noun

boxer m inan

  1. brass knuckles
  2. boxer engine

Declension
Declension of boxer (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative boxer boxery
genitive boxeru boxerů
dative boxeru boxerům
accusative boxer boxery
vocative boxere boxery
locative boxeru boxerech
instrumental boxerem boxery

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔk.sɛʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. boxer (dog)
  2. boxer shorts, boxers
  3. boxer (engine)

Etymology 2

English box +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔk.se/

Verb

boxer

  1. to box (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)
Conjugation
Conjugation of boxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple boxer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple boxant
/bɔk.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle boxé
/bɔk.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present boxe
/bɔks/		 boxes
/bɔks/		 boxe
/bɔks/		 boxons
/bɔk.sɔ̃/		 boxez
/bɔk.se/		 boxent
/bɔks/
imperfect boxais
/bɔk.sɛ/		 boxais
/bɔk.sɛ/		 boxait
/bɔk.sɛ/		 boxions
/bɔk.sjɔ̃/		 boxiez
/bɔk.sje/		 boxaient
/bɔk.sɛ/
past historic2 boxai
/bɔk.se/		 boxas
/bɔk.sa/		 boxa
/bɔk.sa/		 boxâmes
/bɔk.sam/		 boxâtes
/bɔk.sat/		 boxèrent
/bɔk.sɛʁ/
future boxerai
/bɔk.sə.ʁe/		 boxeras
/bɔk.sə.ʁa/		 boxera
/bɔk.sə.ʁa/		 boxerons
/bɔk.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 boxerez
/bɔk.sə.ʁe/		 boxeront
/bɔk.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional boxerais
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/		 boxerais
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/		 boxerait
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/		 boxerions
/bɔk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 boxeriez
/bɔk.sə.ʁje/		 boxeraient
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present boxe
/bɔks/		 boxes
/bɔks/		 boxe
/bɔks/		 boxions
/bɔk.sjɔ̃/		 boxiez
/bɔk.sje/		 boxent
/bɔks/
imperfect2 boxasse
/bɔk.sas/		 boxasses
/bɔk.sas/		 boxât
/bɔk.sa/		 boxassions
/bɔk.sa.sjɔ̃/		 boxassiez
/bɔk.sa.sje/		 boxassent
/bɔk.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — boxe
/bɔks/		 — boxons
/bɔk.sɔ̃/		 boxez
/bɔk.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants
  • → Catalan: boxar

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping from English boxer shorts.

Noun

boxer m (invariable)

  1. boxer shorts

Norman

Etymology

From English box +‎ -er.

Verb

boxer

  1. (Jersey) to box

Portuguese

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. boxer (breed of dog)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French boxeur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbok.ser/

Noun

boxer m (plural boxeri, feminine equivalent boxeră)

  1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)
Declension
Declension of boxer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) boxer boxerul (niște) boxeri boxerii
genitive/dative (unui) boxer boxerului (unor) boxeri boxerilor
vocative boxerule boxerilor
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boxer, French boxer, German Boxer.

Noun

boxer m (plural boxeri)

  1. boxer (breed of dog)
Declension
Declension of boxer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) boxer boxerul (niște) boxeri boxerii
genitive/dative (unui) boxer boxerului (unor) boxeri boxerilor
vocative boxerule boxerilor

References

Spanish

Noun

boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of bóxer
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