FromMiddle English [Term?] , from past participle ofOld French referer ( “ to relate, to refer ” ) , fromLatin referre ( “ to carry back, to report, to notify ” ) ; as ifrefer -ee
referee (plural referees
An association footballreferee (right ) issues ayellow card to a player. ( sports ) umpire orjudge ; anofficial who makes sure therules are followed during agame .Thereferee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.
A person whosettles adispute . ( UK ) letter ofreference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English:reference .Your application, along with letters from threereferees , should be received by January 31.
Anexpert who judges themanuscript of anarticle orbook to decide if it should bepublished . In general, and as a usage guideline, areferee moves around with the game, while anumpire stays (approximately) in one place. sport: umpire, judge of a game
Arabic:حَكَم (ar) m ( ḥakam ) Armenian:մրցավար (hy) ( mrcʻavar ) Basque:epaile Belarusian:суддзя́ m or f ( suddzjá ) ,рэферы́ m or f ( refjerý ) ,арбі́тр m ( arbítr ) ,арбі́тар m ( arbítar ) Bulgarian:съдия́ (bg) m ( sǎdijá ) ,ре́фер m ( réfer ) Catalan:àrbitre (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:裁判 (zh) ( cáipàn ) Crimean Tatar:akem Czech:rozhodčí (cs) m Danish:dommer (da) c Dutch:scheidsrechter (nl) Esperanto:decidisto arbitraciisto Faroese:dómari m Finnish:erotuomari (fi) French:arbitre (fr) m Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:Schiedsrichter (de) m Schiedsrichterin (de) f Greek:διαιτητής (el) m ( diaititís ) Ancient:βραβευτής m ( brabeutḗs ) Greenlandic:dommeri Haitian Creole:abit Hebrew:שופט (he) m ( shofét ) Hungarian:bíró (hu) ,spori (hu) Irish:moltóir m réiteoir m Italian:arbitro (it) m Japanese:審判 (ja) ( しんぱん, shinpan, しんばん, shinban ) ,レフェリー (ja) ( referī ) Khmer:អាជ្ញាកណ្ដាល (km) ( ʼaacñaa kɑndaal ) Korean:심판(審判) (ko) ( simpan ) Luxembourgish:Arbitter m Macedonian:су́дија m ( súdija ) ,судијка f ( sudijka ) Malay:pengadil wasit Maori:rewherī kaiwawao Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norwegian:Bokmål:dommer (no) m Nynorsk:dommar m Plautdietsch:Spellvemedla m Polish:sędzia (pl) m arbiter (pl) m Portuguese:árbitro (pt) m juiz (pt) m Romanian:arbitru (ro) m Russian:судья́ (ru) m or f ( sudʹjá ) ,ре́фери́ (ru) m or f ( rɛ́ferí ) ,арби́тр (ru) m ( arbítr ) ,( baseball, cricket ) ампа́йр (ru) m ( ampájr ) Scottish Gaelic:rèitear m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:судија m су́дац m су̏ткиња f Roman:sudija (sh) m súdac (sh) m sȕtkinja (sh) f Slovak:rozhodca m rozhodkyňa f Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:sudnik m sudnica f Spanish:árbitro (es) m réferi (es) m referee m or f ( Americas ) Swedish:domare (sv) c Thai:ผู้ตัดสิน ( pûu-dtàt-sǐn ) Turkish:hakem (tr) Ukrainian:суддя́ m or f ( suddjá ) ,рефері́ m or f ( referí ) ,арбі́тр (uk) m ( arbítr ) Vietnamese:trọng tài (vi) Welsh:dyfarnwr m dyfarnwraig f
person who settles a dispute
Arabic:حَكَم (ar) m ( ḥakam ) Bulgarian:съдия́ (bg) m ( sǎdijá ) ,арбитър (bg) m ( arbitǎr ) Catalan:àrbitre (ca) m Dutch:arbiter (nl) Finnish:välimies (fi) ,sovittelija (fi) French:arbitre (fr) m German:Schlichter (de) m ( general ) ,Schiedsmann m ( in jurisdiction ) ,Ombudsmann (de) m Ombudsfrau (de) f ( where formalized using this term ) Greek:διαιτητής (el) m ( diaititís ) ,εισηγητής (el) m ( eisigitís ) Korean:중재인(仲裁人) (ko) ( jungjaein ) Macedonian:су́дија m ( súdija ) Maori:rewherī Portuguese:árbitro (pt) m juiz (pt) m Romanian:arbitru (ro) m judecător (ro) m Russian:судья́ (ru) m ( sudʹjá ) ,арби́тр (ru) m ( arbítr ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:судија m су́дац m су̏ткиња f Roman:sudija (sh) m súdac (sh) m sȕtkinja (sh) f Spanish:árbitro (es) m Swedish:skiljedomare c Welsh:canolwr (cy) m cyflafareddwr m
person who writes a letter of reference
expert who judges a manuscript
Translations to be checked
referee (third-person singular simple present referees present participle refereeing simple past and past participle refereed
To act as a referee.He has toreferee three hockey games this weekend.
She has to finishrefereeing an article forNature .
to act as a judge of a game or contest
to write a letter of reference
FromEnglish referee
IPA (key ) : /ˈrefereː/ ,[ˈre̞fe̞re̞ː] IPA (key ) : /ˈreferiː/ ,[ˈre̞fe̞riː] Rhymes:-efereː Syllabification(key ) :re‧fe‧ree Hyphenation(key ) :re‧fe‧ree referee
referee ( expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published ) Synonym: arvioija Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish referee
IPA (key ) : /refeˈɾi/ [re.feˈɾi] ,/ˈrefeɾi/ [ˈre.fe.ɾi] Rhymes:-i -efeɾi Syllabification:re‧fe‧ree referee m or f by sense plural referees
alternative form ofréferi According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
