umpire

um·pire  (mpr)

n.

1. Sports A person appointed to rule on plays, especially in baseball.

2. A person appointed to settle a dispute that mediators have been unable to resolve; an arbitrator. See Synonyms at judge.

v. um·pired, um·pir·ing, um·pires

v.tr.

To act as referee for; rule or judge.

v.intr.

To be or act as a referee or an arbitrator.

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[Middle English (an) oumpere, (an) umpire, alteration of (a) noumpere, a mediator, from Old French nonper : non-, non- + per, equal, even, paired (from Latin pr; see pair).]

Word History: Had it not been for the linguistic process known as false splitting or juncture loss, the angry, anguished cry "Kill the ump" could have been "Kill the nump." In the case of umpire we can almost see this process in action by studying the Middle English Dictionary entry for noumpere, the Middle English ancestor of our word. Noumpere comes from the Old French nonper, made up of non, "not," and per, "equal": as an impartial arbiter of a dispute between two people, the arbiter is not equivalent to or a partisan of either of them. In Middle English the earliest recorded form is noumper (about 1350); the earliest dated form without an n is owmpere, from 1440. How the n was lost can be seen if we compare the sequence a noounpier in a text written in 1426-1427 with the sequence an Oumper from a text written probably around 1475. The n of noumpere has here become attached to the indefinite article, giving us an instead of a and, eventually, umpire instead of *numpire. The same process of false splitting is responsible for the forms apron and adder, originally napron and naddre, as well as many other words that once began with n. False splitting also caused some words that originally began with vowels to have an n from a preceding indefinite article added on, such as nickname (from the phrase an eke name) and newt (from an eute).

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umpire [ˈʌmpaɪə]

n

1. (General Sporting Terms) an official who rules on the playing of a game, as in cricket or baseball

2. a person who rules on or judges disputes between contesting parties

vb

(General Sporting Terms) to act as umpire in (a game, dispute, or controversy)

[by mistaken division from a noumpere, from Old French nomper not one of a pair, from nom-, non- not + per equal, peer¹]

umpireship , umpirage n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	umpire - an official at a baseball game       ump official - someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
	2.	umpire - someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case" arbitrator, arbiter evaluator, judge - an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality third party - someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction
Verb	1.	umpire - be a referee or umpire in a sports competition referee athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition judge - determine the result of (a competition)

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umpire

noun

referee, judge, ref (informal), arbiter, arbitrator, moderator, adjudicator The umpire's decision is final.

verb

referee, judge, adjudicate, arbitrate, call (Sport), moderate, mediate He umpired for school football matches.

Translations

umpire [ˈʌmpaɪəʳ]

A. N → árbitro/a m/f

B. VT → arbitrar

C. VI → arbitrar, hacer de árbitro

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umpire [ˈʌmpaɪə^r]

n (gen) → arbitre mf (TENNIS) → juge mf de chaise

vt → arbitrer

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umpire

n → Schiedsrichter(in) m(f); (fig) → Unparteiische(r) mf; to act as umpire (lit) → als Schiedsrichter(in) fungieren, Schiedsrichter(in) sein; (fig) → schlichten

vt (Sport) → als Schiedsrichter(in) fungieren bei, Schiedsrichter(in) sein bei, schiedsrichtern bei; (fig) → schlichten

vi (→ bei) → Schiedsrichter(in) sein, schiedsrichtern; (fig) → schlichten

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umpire [ˈʌmpaɪəʳ]

1. n → arbitro

2. vi → arbitrare

3. vt → arbitrare

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umpire

n umpire [ˈampaiə]

in cricket, tennis etc, a person who supervises a game, makes sure that it is played according to the rules, and decides doubtful points Tennis players usually have to accept the umpire's decision. skeidsregter حَكَم، فَيْصَل рефер rozhodčí dommer der Schiedsrichter διαιτητής (για κρίκετ, τένις κτλ.) árbitro (vahe)kohtunik داور erotuomari arbitre שוֹפֵט, שוֹפֶטֶת निर्णायक, अंपायर sudac játékvezető dómari arbitro 審判 (경기의) 심판원 teisėjas (sportā) tiesnesis pengadil scheidsrechter dommer sędzia juiz arbitru судья rozhodca športni sodnik sudija domare กรรมการตัดสิน hakem (板球，網球等)裁判 суддя, рефері امپائر، ثالث trọng tài 裁判员

v

to act as umpire Have you umpired a tennis match before? as skeidsregter optree يَحْكُم، يَفْصِل посреднича dělat rozhodčího være dommer ved Schiedsrichter sein διαιτητεύω arbitrar kohtunikuks olema داوری کردن tuomita arbitrer לִשפוֹט ב- अंपायर का काम करना suditi vezet dæma (leik) arbitrare 審判をつとめる 심판을 보다 teisėjauti tiesāt (spēli) mengadili als scheidsrechter optreden være dommer, dømme sędziować arbitrar a arbitra судить rozhodovať; sudcovať soditi suditi döma เป็นกรรมการ hakemlik yapmak/etmek 擔任裁判 бути суперарбітром امپائر کے فرائض انجام دينا làm trọng tài 裁判

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umpire → حَكَم rozhodčí dommer Schiedsrichter αγωνοδίκης árbitro erotuomari arbitre sudac arbitro アンパイア 심판 scheidsrechter dommer arbiter árbitro судья domare กรรมการตัดสิน hakem trọng tài 裁判员