umpire (redirected from umpiring)

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.

---

[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).

---

umpire

Noun

an official who ensures that the people taking part in a game follow the rules; referee

Verb

[-piring, -pired]

to act as umpire in a game [Old French nomper not one of a pair]

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)

---

umpire

noun 1. referee, judge, ref (informal) arbiter, arbitrator, moderator, adjudicator, umpie Austral. (slang)

verb 2. referee, judge, adjudicate, arbitrate, call Sport moderate, mediate

Translations

umpire [ˈʌmpaɪəʳ] n → árbitro

vt → arbitrar

umpire [ˈʌmpaɪəʳ] n → arbitre m;

(Tennis) → juge m de chaise

vt → arbitrer

umpire [ˈʌmpaɪəʳ] n → Schiedsrichter(in) m(f)

vt [+ game] → als Schiedsrichter leiten

umpire [ˈʌmpaɪəʳ] n → arbitro

---

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.skeidsregterحَكَم، فَيْصَلреферrozhodčídommerder Schiedsrichterδιαιτητής (για κρίκετ, τένις κτλ.)árbitro(vahe)kohtunikداورerotuomariarbitreשוֹפֵט, שוֹפֶטֶתनिर्णायक, अंपायरsudacjátékvezetődómariarbitro審判teisėjas(sportā) tiesnesispengadilscheidsrechterdommersędziajuizarbitruсудьяrozhodcašportni sodniksudijadomareกรรมการตัดสินhakem裁判員суддя, реферіامپائر، ثالثtrọng tài裁判员

v

to act as umpire Have you umpired a tennis match before?as skeidsregter optreeيَحْكُم، يَفْصِلпосредничаdělat rozhodčíhovære dommer vedSchiedsrichter seinδιαιτητεύωarbitrarkohtunikuks olemaداوری کردنtuomitaarbitrerלִשפוֹט ב-अंपायर का काम करनाsuditivezetdæma (leik)arbitrare審判をつとめるteisėjautitiesāt (spēli)mengadilials scheidsrechter optredenvære dommer, dømmesędziowaćarbitrara arbitraсудитьrozhodovať; sudcovaťsoditisuditidömaเป็นกรรมการhakemlik yapmak/etmek裁判бути суперарбітромامپائر کے فرائض انجام ديناlàm trọng tài裁判