racer

From race +‎ -er. First attested in 1648.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ.sə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ.səɹ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: rac‧er

racer (plural racers)

1. Agent noun of race: one that races or is used for racing. [from 1640s]
   2. A person who participates in races, especially an athlete.

      Hyponym: competitor

      Hyponyms: runner, sprinter

      • 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:

        He was a [motorcycle] racer as a teenager, and a frequent visitor to the Isle of Man, where he had many friends.

   4. A racehorse.
   6. A racing pigeon.
   7. A vehicle (or other device) used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
2. Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.

   Hyponyms: black racer, blue racer, green racer, striped racer

3. (video games, informal) A video game involving racing of any kind.
   • 2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, page 102:

     For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]

5. (humorous) A racist.

• → Japanese: レーサー (rēsā)
• → Korean: 레이서 (reiseo)

• “racer”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “racer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “racer”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• Cerra, Crear, carer, crare

From English racer.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛːsɐ]

racer c (singular definite raceren, plural indefinite racere)

1. racer

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑːsɐ]

racer c

1. indefinite plural of race

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛˀsɐ]

racer

1. present of race

Borrowed from English racer. Equivalent to racen +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.sər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ra‧cer

racer m (plural racers, no diminutive)

1. a racer, one who races

• straatracer

From English racer.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.sœʁ/ ~ /ʁe.sœʁ/
• (Canada, Missouri, New England, Louisiana) IPA^(key): /ɹeɪsɚ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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racer m (plural racers)

1. racecar
2. (any kind of) vehicle used for racing, racer

• “racer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• carre, carré