Gambier

/ˈɡæmbiər/ noun

Definition

A person who gambles; one who plays games of chance for money or stakes.

Etymology

From gamble (to play games of chance) plus English agent suffix -er. The root 'gamble' has uncertain origins, possibly from Germanic gaman (game) or old words for play.

Kelly Says

The word 'gambler' exists, but 'gambier' is the rarer archaic or dialectal form—it shows how English creates agent nouns systematically, the same way we turn 'teach' into 'teacher'!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ጋምቢየር
gam-bee-yer
ARالعربية
غامبيير
gha-mbee-eer
BNবাংলা
গাম্বিয়ার
gam-bee-ar
CACatalà
gambier
gam-bee-er
CSČeština
gambier
gam-bee-er
DADansk
gambier
gam-bee-er
DEDeutsch
Gambier
gam-bee-er
ELΕλληνικά
γάμ Bieber
gam-bee-er
ESEspañol
gambier
gam-bee-er
FAفارسی
گامبیا
gam-bee-ya
FISuomi
gambier
gam-bee-er
FRFrançais
gambier
gam-bee-e
GUGU
ગામ્બિયર
gam-bee-yar
HAHA
gambier
gam-bee-er
HEעברית
גמבייר
gam-bee-er
HIहिन्दी
गैम्बियर
gam-bee-ar
HUMagyar
gambier
gam-bee-er
IDBahasa Indonesia
gambier
gam-bee-er
IGIG
gambier
gam-bee-er
ITItaliano
gambier
gam-bee-er
JA日本語
ガムビエ
gamubie
KKKK
гамбие
gam-bee-e
KMKM
កម្ពុជា
kam-pu-cha
KO한국어
감비어
gambieo
MRMR
गॅंबियर
gam-bee-ar
MSBahasa Melayu
gambier
gam-bee-er
MYမြန်မာ
ဂမ်ဘီယာ
gam-bee-ya
NLNederlands
gambier
gam-bee-er
NONorsk
gambier
gam-bee-er
PAPA
ਗੈਂਬੀਅਰ
gam-bee-ar
PLPolski
gambier
gam-bee-er
PTPortuguês
gambier
gam-bee-er
RORomână
gambier
gam-bee-er
RUРусский
гамбиер
gam-bee-er
SVSvenska
gambier
gam-bee-er
SWKiswahili
gambier
gam-bee-er
TAதமிழ்
கம்பியர்
kam-bee-yar
TEతెలుగు
గంబియర్
gam-bee-yar
THไทย
แกมเบียร์
gaem-bee-re
TLTL
gambier
gam-bee-er
TRTürkçe
gambier
gam-bee-er
UKУкраїнська
гамбієр
gam-bee-er
URاردو
گیمبیئر
gam-bee-eer
VITiếng Việt
gambier
gam-bee-er
YOYO
gambier
gam-bee-er
ZH中文
甘比尔
gān bǐ'ěr
ZUZU
gambier
gam-bee-er

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