strangler

English

Etymology

strangle +‎ -er

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

strangler (plural stranglers)

Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

Derived terms

Translations

someone who strangles

Bulgarian: удушвач m (udušvač)
Danish: kvæler c
Finnish: kuristaja (fi)
French: étrangleur (fr) m, étrangleuse (fr) f
German: Würger (de) m, Würgerin f
Greek: στραγγαλιστής (el) m (strangalistís), πνίχτης (el) m (pníchtis)
Italian: strangolatore (it) m
Norman: êtranglieux m
Polish: dusiciel (pl) m
Portuguese: estrangulador (pt) m
Russian: души́тель (ru) m (dušítelʹ), души́тельница (ru) f (dušítelʹnica)
Spanish: estrangulador m

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