different between referee vs spectator

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), from Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”); as if refer +? -ee, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???f.???i?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f???i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

referee (plural referees)

1. (sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.

2. A person who settles a dispute.
3. A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone.

   Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.

4. An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.

Usage notes

• In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

Related terms

• ref

Translations

Verb

referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)

1. To act as a referee.

Translations

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?refere?/, [?re?fe?re??]
• IPA^(key): /?referi?/, [?re?fe?ri?]
• Rhymes: -efere?
• Syllabification: re?fe?ree

Noun

referee

1. referee (expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published)

   Synonym: arvioija

Declension

Spanish

Noun

referee m or f (plural referees)

1. referee

English

Alternative forms

• spectatour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spect?tor, from frequentative verb spect? (“watch”), from speci? (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: sp?k.t??t?, IPA^(key): /sp?k?te?t?/
• (US) enPR: sp?k?t?.t?r, IPA^(key): /?sp?kte?t?/

Noun

spectator (plural spectators)

1. One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.

Synonyms

• audience
• observer
• crowd

Derived terms

• spect-actor
• spectate
• spectatorship

Translations

Anagrams

• attercops, caprettos, catopters

Latin

Etymology

Latin agent noun from perfect passive participle spect?tus, from frequentative form spect? (“watch”), from speci? (“look at”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /spek?ta?.tor/, [s?p?k?t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spek?ta.tor/, [sp?k?t???t??r]

Noun

spect?tor m (genitive spect?t?ris); third declension

1. spectator, watcher

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• speci?
• spect?
• spectus

Descendants

References

• spectator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spectator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spectator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Romanian

Etymology

From French spectateur, from Latin spectator.

Noun

spectator m (plural spectatori)

1. spectator

Declension