hitman - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• hit man

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English hitman

From hit (“to murder”) + -man.

• IPA(key): /ˈhɪtmæːn/, /ˈhɪtmən/

hitman (plural hitmen)

1. A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.
   Hypernym: contract killer
   Coordinate term: hitwoman
   • 2007, Howie Carr, The Brothers Bulger‎[1]:
     Their top hitman, Joe Russo, was on the lam after murdering Joe Barboza in San Francisco.
2. (soccer) A goalscorer; someone who scores goals.

• hit list
• → Cebuano: hitman

contract killer

• Albanian: vrasës i paguar
• Arabic: قَاتِل مَأْجُور (qātil maʔjūr)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: наёмны забойца m (najómny zabójca)
• Bulgarian: нае́мен уби́ец m (naémen ubíec)
• Catalan: sicari m
• Cebuano: hitman, tirador
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 殺手 / 杀手 (zh) (shāshǒu), 合約殺手 / 合约杀手 (héyuē shāshǒu)
• Czech: nájemný vrah m
• Danish: lejemorder (da), snigmorder
• Dutch: huurmoordenaar (nl) m, huurdoder m
• Esperanto: murdisto (eo), sikario (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: palkkamurhaaja (fi), ammattitappaja
• French: tueur à gages (fr) m, sicaire (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Auftragsmörder (de) m, Auftragsmörderin (de) f, Killer (de) m, Killerin (de) f
• Greek: εκτελεστής (el) m (ektelestís)
• Hebrew: רוצח שכיר (he) m (rotséakh sakhír)
• Hungarian: bérgyilkos (hu)
• Icelandic: leigumorðingi m
• Italian: sicario (it) m, killer (it) m
• Japanese: 殺し屋 (ja) (ころしや, koroshiya), ヒットマン (hittoman), キラー (ja) (kirā)
• Khmer: បេច្ឈឃាដ (bəcchɔɔkhiət)
• Korean: 암살자 (amsalja)
• Latin: sīcārius m
• Latvian: slepkava
• Lithuanian: samdomas žudikas m
• Macedonian: пла́тен у́биец m (pláten úbiec)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: leiemorder m
  Nynorsk: leigemordar m
• Polish: płatny zabójca m, cyngiel (pl) m (slang)
• Portuguese: assassino de aluguel m, sicário (pt) m
• Romanian: killer m, asasin (ro) m, ucigaș (ro) m, sicar (ro) m
• Russian: наёмный уби́йца m (najómnyj ubíjca), ки́ллер (ru) m (kíller)
• Serbo-Croatian: plaćeni ubica m
• Slovak: nájomný vrah
• Spanish: sicario (es) m, asesino a sueldo m
• Swedish: yrkesmördare (sv) c, torped (sv) c
• Thai: ผู้ลอบสังหาร, ผู้ลอบสังหาร (pûu-sɔ̀ɔp-sǎng-hǎan), นักฆ่า (nák-kâa)
• Turkish: kiralık katil, tetikçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: на́йманий вби́вця m (nájmanyj vbývcja)
• Vietnamese: kẻ ám sát

From English hitman.

• Hyphenation: hit‧man

hitman

1. a hitman; a contract killer
   • 2010 — Tabar, Dennes R., Hitman sa Tau Nasikop (19 August), SuperBalita
     Base sa ilang pasiunang imbestigasyon nakadawat silag report nga si Opsimar hitman sa iyang fraternity hinungdan nga ilang susihon ang pagkatawo niini.
     (please add an English translation of this quotation)