referee

Etymology
From, from past participle of , from ; as if , that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1)  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. US English: reference.
 * 4) An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
 * 1) An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
 * 1) 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.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: epaile
 * Belarusian: суддзя́, рэферы́, арбі́тр, арбі́тар
 * Bulgarian:, ре́фер
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: akem
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: decidisto, arbitraciisto
 * Faroese: dómari
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βραβευτής
 * Greenlandic: dommeri
 * Haitian Creole: abit
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: moltóir, réiteoir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Luxembourgish: Arbitter
 * Macedonian: су́дија, судијка
 * Malay: pengadil, wasit
 * Maori: rewherī, kaiwawao
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: dommar
 * Plautdietsch: Spellvemedla
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: rèitear
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: судија, су́дац, су̏ткиња
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: rozhodca, rozhodkyňa
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: sudnik, sudnica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: суддя́, рефері́,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: dyfarnwr, dyfarnwraig


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, Schiedsmann , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: су́дија
 * Maori: rewherī
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: судија, су́дац, су̏ткиња
 * Roman:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: skiljedomare
 * Welsh:, cyflafareddwr


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Empfehlungsgeber, ,
 * Irish: moltóir
 * Korean: 신원보증인(身元保證人)
 * Macedonian: препора́чател
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: рецензент
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: measúnóir
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: ве́штак
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рецѐнзент, рецѐнзентица
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:, revisor
 * Turkish:


 * Slovak:

Verb

 * 1) To act as a referee.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, рецензирам
 * Danish: dømme
 * Esperanto: arbitracii
 * Finnish:, toimia tuomarina, , , ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βραβεύω
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: су́ди
 * Maori: rewherī
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * German: ,


 * German:, ,


 * German: lektorieren,

Etymology
From.

Noun

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

Etymology
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