umpire

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
2. One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
3. One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
4. The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
5. A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses three; in the past there were two or just one. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
6. A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
7. The official who presides over a curling game.

Verb

1. To act as an umpire in a game.
2. To decide as an umpire.

Concepten

scheidsrechter

arbiter

bemiddelaar

kamprechter

Synoniemen

referee

judge

🧑‍⚖️

arbitrator

arbiter

ump

trial

arbitrate

mediator

ref

official

justice

justiciar

justiciary

moderator

officiate

overman

overseer

peacemaker

refereeing

representative

stickler

tribunal

hash out

arbitretor

impartial person

Bench

arbitrer

adjudicate

chairman

clinch

critic

decide

govern

inspector

judgement

judgment

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʌm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumpere as an oumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”).