kiper

See also: Kiper

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch keeper, from English keeper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkipər]
• Hyphenation: ki‧pêr

Noun

kiper or kipêr

1. (sports) keeper (goalkeeper or wicketkeeper)

Further reading

• “kiper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.pɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ipɛr
• Syllabification: ki‧per

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Küper.

Noun

kiper m pers (female equivalent kiperka)

1. taster, tester (person who tastes something, especially food, wine, etc., for quality)

   Synonym: degustator

2. sommelier, wine steward (member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines)

   Synonym: sommelier

3. wine cellar manager

Declension

Declension of kiper

	singular	plural
nominative	kiper	kiperzy/kiprowie/kiperowie
genitive	kipera/kipra	kiperów/kiprów
dative	kiperowi/kiprowi	kiperom/kiprom
accusative	kipera/kipra	kiperów/kiprów
instrumental	kiperem/kiprem	kiperami/kiprami
locative	kiperze/kiprze	kiperach/kiprach
vocative	kiperze/kiprze	kiperzy/kiprowie/kiperowie

Derived terms

adjective

• kiperski

 

nouns

• kiperstwo
• kiprostwo

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English kipper.

Noun

kiper m animal

1. kipper (salted and smoked herring or salmon)

Declension

Declension of kiper

	singular	plural
nominative	kiper	kipery
genitive	kipera	kiperów
dative	kiperowi	kiperom
accusative	kipera	kipery
instrumental	kiperem	kiperami
locative	kiperze	kiperach
vocative	kiperze	kipery

Further reading

• kiper in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kiper in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Kipper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîper/
• Hyphenation: ki‧per

Noun

kȉper m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏пер)

1. dump truck

Declension

Declension of kiper

	singular	plural
nominative	kiper	kiperi
genitive	kipera	kipera
dative	kiperu	kiperima
accusative	kiper	kipere
vocative	kiperu / kipere	kiperi
locative	kiperu	kiperima
instrumental	kiperom	kiperima

References

• “kiper”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024