umpire

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /ˈʌmpaɪɚ/ UK /ˈʌmpaɪə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
an official who enforces the rules and settles disputes in a game

The umpire signaled that the runner was out at home plate.

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1 noun · an official who enforces... referee arbiteradjudicatorofficial judge arbitrator

Word family

Derived forms umpirage

Related forms umpiring

Etymology

From Middle English noumpere (mistakenly divided as 'an oumpere'), from Old French nonper ('not equal, odd, a third party'), from non- ('not') + per ('equal', from Latin par). The 'n' was lost by false splitting of 'a noumpere' into 'an oumpere'.

nonper Old French par Latin

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# umpire

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈʌmpaɪɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʌmpaɪə/

## Meanings
1. an official who enforces the rules and settles disputes in a game

## Examples
- The umpire signaled that the runner was out at home plate.

## Synonyms
- referee
- arbiter
- adjudicator
- official
- judge
- arbitrator

## Derived Forms
- umpirage

## Related Forms
- umpiring

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nonper
- Root: par

## Etymology
From Middle English noumpere (mistakenly divided as 'an oumpere'), from Old French nonper ('not equal, odd, a third party'), from non- ('not') + per ('equal', from Latin par). The 'n' was lost by false splitting of 'a noumpere' into 'an oumpere'.

## AI Etymology
Umpire is from Middle English noumpere (mistakenly divided as 'an oumpere'), from Old French nonper ('not equal, odd, a third party'), from non- ('not') + per ('equal', from Latin par). The 'n' was lost by false splitting of 'a noumpere' into 'an oumpere'. Important recorded forms include nonper (Old French) and par (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers an official who enforces the rules and settles disputes in a game. The wider family includes derived forms such as umpirage and related words such as umpiring.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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