racer

race +‎ -er

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsəɹ/

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racer (plural racers)

1. Someone who takes part in a race.
   • 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.

2. A racehorse.
3. A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
4. An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc.
5. Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
6. (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, […]

• → Japanese: レーサー (rēsā)

• 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/

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• Hyphenation: ra‧cer

racer m (plural racers)

1. A racer, one who races.

• straatracer

From English racer.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.sœʁ/, /ʁe.sœʁ/

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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