loser
English
/luːzə(ɹ)/, /luzɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
- Something of poor quality.
- A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
- (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.
- One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English loser suffix from English lose.
Origin
English
lose
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- board English
- cyberloser English
- lorel English
- losable English
- lose English
- lose one's cool English
- losel English
- loserboard English
- loserdom English
- loserhood English
- loserish English
- loserishness English
- loserless English
- loserly English
- loserness English
- losest English
- loseth English
- lost English
- unlose English
- luuseri Finnish
- loser Dutch, Flemish
- loose French
- loser French
- лузер Russian
- losen Middle English
- loser Middle English
- 盧瑟 Chinese
- 루저 Korean
- luza Xhosa
- lusim Tok Pisin
- loosee Chinese Pidgin English