spiker

See also: Spiker

English

Etymology

From spike +‎ -er.

Noun

spiker (plural spikers)

1. (volleyball) One who spikes.
2. (railways) An engineer employed to drive in the nails that fasten the rails.
3. (railways) A mechanical device for driving in the nails.

Anagrams

• Kipers, pikers

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German spîker, from Old Saxon *spīkari, from Proto-West Germanic *spīkr, *spīkrī, from Proto-Germanic *spīkraz, *spīkrijaz (“spike, nail”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

spiker m (definite singular spikeren, indefinite plural spiker or spikere or spikre or spikrer, definite plural spikerne or spikrene)

1. a nail (spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials)

See also

• spikar (Nynorsk)

References

• “spiker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.kɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ikɛr
• Syllabification: spi‧ker

Noun

spiker m pers (female equivalent spikerka)

1. (television, radio) announcer, newsreader
2. (politics) speaker

Declension

Declension of spiker

	singular	plural
nominative	spiker	spikerzy/spikery (deprecative)
genitive	spikera	spikerów
dative	spikerowi	spikerom
accusative	spikera	spikerów
instrumental	spikerem	spikerami
locative	spikerze	spikerach
vocative	spikerze	spikerzy

Further reading

• spiker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• spiker in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spîker/
• Hyphenation: spi‧ker

Noun

spȉker m (Cyrillic spelling спи̏кер)

1. newsreader, announcer

Declension

Declension of spiker

	singular	plural
nominative	spiker	spikeri
genitive	spikera	spikera
dative	spikeru	spikerima
accusative	spikera	spikere
vocative	spikeru	spikeri
locative	spikeru	spikerima
instrumental	spikerom	spikerima

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

From English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi.cɛɾ/

Noun

spiker (definite accusative spikeri, plural spikerler)

1. newscaster, anchorman, anchorwoman

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	spiker
Definite accusative	spikeri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spiker	spikerler
Definite accusative	spikeri	spikerleri
Dative	spikere	spikerlere
Locative	spikerde	spikerlerde
Ablative	spikerden	spikerlerden
Genitive	spikerin	spikerlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular spikerim spikerlerim 2nd singular spikerin spikerlerin 3rd singular spikeri spikerleri 1st plural spikerimiz spikerlerimiz 2nd plural spikeriniz spikerleriniz 3rd plural spikerleri spikerleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular spikerimi spikerlerimi 2nd singular spikerini spikerlerini 3rd singular spikerini spikerlerini 1st plural spikerimizi spikerlerimizi 2nd plural spikerinizi spikerlerinizi 3rd plural spikerlerini spikerlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular spikerime spikerlerime 2nd singular spikerine spikerlerine 3rd singular spikerine spikerlerine 1st plural spikerimize spikerlerimize 2nd plural spikerinize spikerlerinize 3rd plural spikerlerine spikerlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular spikerimde spikerlerimde 2nd singular spikerinde spikerlerinde 3rd singular spikerinde spikerlerinde 1st plural spikerimizde spikerlerimizde 2nd plural spikerinizde spikerlerinizde 3rd plural spikerlerinde spikerlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular spikerimden spikerlerimden 2nd singular spikerinden spikerlerinden 3rd singular spikerinden spikerlerinden 1st plural spikerimizden spikerlerimizden 2nd plural spikerinizden spikerlerinizden 3rd plural spikerlerinden spikerlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular spikerimin spikerlerimin 2nd singular spikerinin spikerlerinin 3rd singular spikerinin spikerlerinin 1st plural spikerimizin spikerlerimizin 2nd plural spikerinizin spikerlerinizin 3rd plural spikerlerinin spikerlerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular spikerim spikerlerim 2nd singular spikersin spikerlersin 3rd singular spiker spikerdir spikerler spikerlerdir 1st plural spikeriz spikerleriz 2nd plural spikersiniz spikerlersiniz 3rd plural spikerler spikerlerdir

Derived terms

• haber spikeri
• radyo spikeri
• spor spikeri