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7-letter words (2 found)

ARBITER,RAREBIT,

6-letter words (9 found)

ARTIER,BAITER,BARITE,BARRET,BARRIE,BARTER,IRATER,REBAIT,TERBIA,

5-letter words (19 found)

AIRER,ARRET,BARER,BARRE,BITER,BRIAR,BRIER,ERBIA,IRATE,RATER,REBAR,REBIT,RETIA,TABER,TARRE,TERAI,TERRA,TRIBE,TRIER,

4-letter words (36 found)

ABER,ABET,ABRI,AIRT,ARET,ARTI,BAIT,BARE,BATE,BEAR,BEAT,BETA,BIER,BIRR,BITE,BRAE,BRAT,BREI,BRER,BRIE,BRIT,RABI,RAIT,RARE,RATE,REAR,RIBA,RITE,TABI,TARE,TEAR,TIAR,TIER,TIRE,TIRR,TRIE,

3-letter words (34 found)

AIR,AIT,ARB,ARE,ART,ATE,BAE,BAR,BAT,BET,BIT,BRA,BRR,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERR,ETA,IRE,ITA,RAI,RAT,REB,REI,RET,RIA,RIB,RIT,TAB,TAE,TAI,TAR,TEA,TIE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AB,AE,AI,AR,AT,BA,BE,BI,EA,ER,ET,IT,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of arbiter

arbiter

Etymology

From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /ˈɑːbɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

arbiter (plural arbiters)

  1. A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
  2. (with of) A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
    Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.
  3. (electronics) A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.

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Translations

Verb

arbiter (third-person singular simple present arbiters, present participle arbitering, simple past and past participle arbitered)

  1. (transitive) To act as arbiter.

Further reading

  • “arbiter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “arbiter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • rarebit

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch arbiter, from Latin arbiter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [arˈbitɛr]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧bi‧tèr

Noun

arbitèr (first-person possessive arbiterku, second-person possessive arbitermu, third-person possessive arbiternya)

  1. arbiter, arbitrator: a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
    Synonym: arbitrator

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Further reading

  • “arbiter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably cognate to Umbrian ařputrati (“according to the judgement”, abl.sg.), corresponding to Latin arbitrātū. Possibly from ad- + baetō, with sporadic d > r as in arvorsum, arfuise, thus originally meaning "one that goes to something in order to see or hear it". However, that verb has no certain etymology, and the Umbrian pu remains unexplained. De Vaan suggests a derivation from putō to explain the Umbrian pu, however that is still morphologically difficult since the latter is based on an adjective. The voiced b would have to be exceptional or explained by some peculiarity of the řp sequence in Umbrian.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.bi.ter/, [ˈärbɪt̪ɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.bi.ter/, [ˈärbit̪er]

Noun

arbiter m (genitive arbitrī, feminine arbitra); second declension

  1. witness, spectator, onlooker
    Synonym: testis
  2. (law) arbitrator, arbiter (having a wider power than a iūdex)
  3. (transferred sense) judge, umpire, arbitrator, arbiter
    Synonyms: iūdex, disceptātor, spectātor
  4. overseer, controller, ruler
    Synonyms: erus, domnus, dominus

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Related terms

  • arbitrātus
  • arbitrium
  • arbitror

Descendants

  • Portuguese: álvidro

Borrowings:

  • → Catalan: àrbitre
  • → English: arbiter
  • → French: arbitre
    • → Russian: арбитр (arbitr)
      • → Georgian: არბიტრი (arbiṭri)
  • → Italian: arbitro
  • → Portuguese: árbitro
  • → Romanian: arbitru
  • → Sicilian: àrbitru
  • → Spanish: árbitro

References

  • “arbiter” on page 175 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “arbiter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50

Further reading

  • “arbiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “arbiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • arbiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “arbiter”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “arbiter”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arbiter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈbi.tɛr/
  • Rhymes: -itɛr
  • Syllabification: ar‧bi‧ter

Noun

arbiter m pers

  1. (law) arbiter (person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them)
  2. authority (person)
    Synonyms: autorytet, powaga
  3. (sports) referee (umpire, judge of a game)
    Synonym: sędzia

Declension

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Further reading

  • arbiter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • arbiter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org