defector

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin de-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin facio

Latin dēficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin dēfectorbor.

English defector

Borrowed from Latin dēfector.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

defector (plural defectors)

One who defects.
Synonyms: apostate, turncoat; see also Thesaurus:defector

Hypernyms: person; see also Thesaurus:person

Derived terms

defector-in-place

Related terms

Translations

one who defects

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: перабе́жчык m (pjerabjéžčyk), перабе́жчыца f (pjerabjéžčyca), дэзерці́р m (dezjercír), дэзэрты́р m (dezertýr)
Bulgarian: дезертьо́р (bg) m (dezertjór)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 背叛者 (zh) (bèipànzhě), (deserter) 逃兵 (zh) (táobīng), 變節者 / 变节者 (zh) (biànjiézhě), 脫北者 / 脱北者 (zh) (tuōběizhě) (North Korean defector)
Czech: přeběhlík (cs) m
Danish: afhopper c
Dutch: overloper (nl), (military) deserteur (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: petturi (fi), loikkari (fi)
French: transfuge (fr) m or f
Georgian: განდგომილი (gandgomili), რენეგატი (renegaṭi), საზღვარგარეთ გამქცევი (sazɣvargaret gamkcevi)
German: Überläufer (de) m, Überläuferin (de) f
Greek: αυτόμολος (el) m (aftómolos)
Hungarian: disszidens (hu)
Indonesian: pembelot (id)
Japanese: 離反者 (りはんしゃ, rihansha), 脱北者 (だっぽくしゃ, dappokusha) (North Korean defector)
Korean: 탈주자(脫走者) (taljuja), 탈영자(脫營者) (ko) (taryeongja), 변절자(變節者) (ko) (byeonjeolja), 탈북자(脫北者) (talbukja) (North Korean defector)
Latin: dēfector m, transfuga m
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: дезерте́р m (dezertér)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avhopper m
Polish: dezerter (pl) m, dezerterka (pl) f
Portuguese: desertor (pt) m, trânsfuga (pt) m or f
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: перебе́жчик (ru) m (perebéžčik), перебе́жчица (ru) f (perebéžčica), дезерти́р (ru) m (dezertír) (especially military), отсту́пник (ru) m (otstúpnik), отсту́пница (ru) f (otstúpnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прѐбег m, прѐбјег m, прѐбеглица f, прѐбјеглица f

Latin: prèbeg (sh) m, prèbjeg (sh) m, prèbeglica (sh) f, prèbjeglica (sh) f
Slovak: prebehlík m, prebehlíčka f
Slovene: prebežnik m, prebežnica f
Spanish: tránsfuga (es) m, desertor (es) m
Swedish: avhoppare (sv) c
Turkish: sığınmacı (tr)
Ukrainian: перебі́жчик m (perebížčyk), перебі́жчиця f (perebížčycja), дезерти́р m (dezertýr)
Welsh: enciliwr m

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