invader

English

Etymology

From invade +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈveɪ.də(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdə(ɹ)

Noun

invader (plural invaders)

1. One who invades a region.

   Synonyms: assailant, encroacher

   • 1906, Thomas Hodgkin, The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., […]; New York; Bombay, page 436:

     He remarks on the growth of the pretensions of the invaders since the treaty between Alfred and Guthrum which put the Northern warriors only on the same level as the twelf[-]hyndmen, or ordinary thegns.

   • 2024, Fred Perry, Gold Digger Omnibus #10:

     The underroot tendril! We are at fault for giving the invader a path to Lady Brianna.

2. An intruder (especially on someone's privacy).

Derived terms

• home invader
• pitch invader
• space invader

Translations

one who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder

• Albanian: pushtues (sq) m
• Arabic: (indefinite) غَازٍ m (ḡāzin), (definite) الْغَازِي m (al-ḡāzī)
• Armenian: զավթիչ (hy) (zavtʻičʻ), օկուպանտ (hy) (ōkupant)
• Azerbaijani: işğalçı (az)
• Belarusian: захо́пнік m (zaxópnik), захо́пніца f (zaxópnica)
• Bulgarian: наше́ственик (bg) m (našéstvenik), наше́ственичка f (našéstvenička), окупа́тор m (okupátor), окупа́торка f (okupátorka)
• Catalan: invasor m, invasora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侵略者 (zh) (qīnlüèzhě), 侵入者 (zh) (qīnrùzhě)

• Czech: nájezdník (cs) m, vetřelec (cs) m, vetřelkyně (cs) f
• Danish: angriber (da) c
• Dutch: indringer (nl) m, indringster (nl) f
• Esperanto: invadanto
• Estonian: sissetungija (et)
• Finnish: tunkeutuja (fi), hyökkääjä (fi)
• French: envahisseur (fr) m, envahisseuse (fr) f
• Galician: invasor (gl) m, invasora f
• Georgian: დამპყრობელი (damṗq̇robeli)
• German: Eindringling (de) m, Eroberer (de) m, Erobererin f
• Greek: εισβολέας (el) m or f (eisvoléas)

  Ancient Greek: εἰσβολεύς m (eisboleús)

• Hebrew: פּוֹלֵשׁ m (polésh)
• Hindi: घुसनेवाला m (ghusnevālā), हमलावर (hi) m (hamlāvar), आक्रमणकारी (hi) m (ākramaṇkārī), आक्रामक (hi) m (ākrāmak), हमलावर (hi) m (hamlāvar)
• Hungarian: határsértő (hu), betolakodó (hu)
• Italian: invasore (it) m, invaditrice f
• Japanese: 侵略者 (ja) (しんりゃくしゃ, shinryakusha)
• Kazakh: басқыншы (basqynşy)
• Khmer: អ្នកឈ្លានពាន (nĕək chliən piən)
• Korean: 침략자(侵略者) (chimnyakja)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: داگیرکەر (dagîrker)

• Kyrgyz: баскынчы (baskıncı)
• Lao: ຜູ້ຮຸກຮານ (phū huk hān)
• Latvian: iebrucējs m
• Lithuanian: įsibrovėlis m
• Macedonian: напаѓач m (napaǵač), напаѓачка f (napaǵačka), упаѓач m (upaǵač), упаѓачка f (upaǵačka)
• Maori: whakaariki
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: халдагч (mn) (xaldagč), түрэмгийлэгч (mn) (türemgiilegč), довтлогч (mn) (dovtlogč)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inntrenger m

• Persian: مهاجم (fa) (mohâjem)
• Polish: najeźdźca (pl) m, najeźdźczyni f, agresor (pl) m, agresorka f
• Portuguese: invasor m, invasora f
• Romanian: invadator (ro) m, invadatoare (ro) f
• Russian: захва́тчик (ru) m (zaxvátčik), захва́тчица (ru) f (zaxvátčica), оккупа́нт (ru) m (okkupánt), оккупа́нтка f (okkupántka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: упадач m

  Roman: upadač m

• Slovak: votrelec m, votrelkyňa f
• Slovene: napadalec (sl) m, napadalka f
• Spanish: invasor (es) m, invasora (es) f
• Swedish: inkräktare (sv)
• Tajik: забткунанда (zabtkunanda), истилогар (istilogar), ишғолгар (išġolgar), муҳоҷим (muhojim)
• Thai: ผู้รุกราน (pûu-rúk-raan)
• Turkish: işgalci (tr)
• Ukrainian: зага́рбник m (zahárbnyk), зага́рбниця f (zahárbnycja), напа́дник m (napádnyk), напа́дниця f (napádnycja), захо́плювач (uk) m (zaxópljuvač), захо́плювачка f (zaxópljuvačka), окупа́нт m (okupánt), окупа́нтка f (okupántka)
• Urdu: حَمْلَہ آوَر m (hamla āvar)
• Uyghur: تاجاۋۇزچى (tajawuzchi)
• Uzbek: bosqinchi (uz), istilochi (uz), tajovuzkor (uz)
• Vietnamese: kẻ xâm lược

Anagrams

• viander, ravined, Vandrei, Verdian

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1415, borrowed from Latin invādō. Doublet of envahir.

Verb

invader

1. to invade

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of invader

infinitive	simple	invader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	invadant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		invadé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	invade	invades	invade	invadons	invadez	invadent
	imperfect	invadois, invadoys	invadois, invadoys	invadoit, invadoyt	invadions, invadyons	invadiez, invadyez	invadoient, invadoyent
	past historic	invada	invadas	invada	invadasmes	invadastes	invaderent
	future	invaderai, invaderay	invaderas	invadera	invaderons	invaderez	invaderont
	conditional	invaderois, invaderoys	invaderois, invaderoys	invaderoit, invaderoyt	invaderions, invaderyons	invaderiez, invaderyez	invaderoient, invaderoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	invade	invades	invade	invadons	invadez	invadent
	imperfect	invadasse	invadasses	invadast	invadassions	invadassiez	invadassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	invade	—	invadons	invadez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

invader

1. imperative of invadere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

invader

1. imperative of invadera