Let's call the dog Skipper.
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Skipper
//ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "skipper" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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Translations
70 translations across 26 languages.
Avestan
1 entries- 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬋 noun (master of a ship)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кръшкач noun (one who fails to attend class)
- шки́пер noun (master of a ship)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 弄蝶 noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
Danish
3 entries- kaptajn noun (master of a ship)
- skibsfører noun (master of a ship)
- skipper noun (master of a ship)
Dutch
3 entries- dikkopje noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
- kapitein noun (master of a ship)
- schipper noun (master of a ship)
Faroese
1 entries- skipari noun (master of a ship)
Finnish
4 entries- hyppijä noun (one who skips)
- kippari noun (master of a ship)
- kippari noun (coach, director, leader)
- kippari noun (captain of sports team)
French
3 entries- capitaine noun (master of a ship)
- hespéridé noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
- skipper noun (master of a ship)
German
4 entries- Dickkopffalter noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
- Kapitän noun (master of a ship)
- Kapitän noun (captain of sports team)
- Mannschaftskapitän noun (captain of sports team)
Greek
2 entries- πλοίαρχος noun (master of a ship)
- σκίπερ noun (master of a ship)
Hebrew
2 entries- סְקִיפֶּר noun (master of a ship)
- רַב סַפָּן noun (master of a ship)
Hungarian
1 entries- busalepke noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
Ido
1 entries- hesperido noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
Irish
2 entries- captaen noun (captain of sports team)
- scipéir noun (master of a ship)
Italian
2 entries- esperido noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
- skipper noun (master of a ship)
Latin
1 entries- hesperiida noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
Macedonian
2 entries- капета́н noun (master of a ship)
- капите́н noun (captain of sports team)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- kaptein noun (master of a ship)
- kaptein noun (captain of sports team)
- skipper noun (master of a ship)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- kaptein noun (master of a ship)
- kaptein noun (captain of sports team)
- skipper noun (master of a ship)
Persian
1 entries- ناخدا noun (master of a ship)
Russian
4 entries- капита́н noun (master of a ship)
- прогу́льщик noun (one who fails to attend class)
- толстоголо́вка noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
- шки́пер noun (master of a ship)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sgiobair noun (master of a ship)
- sgiobair noun (captain of sports team)
Spanish
4 entries- capitan noun (captain of sports team)
- entrenador noun (coach, director, leader)
- hespérido noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
- patrón noun (master of a ship)
Swedish
2 entries- kapten noun (master of a ship)
- skeppare noun (master of a ship)
Welsh
4 entries- capten noun (master of a ship)
- gwibiwr noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
- meistr noun (master of a ship)
- sgiper noun (master of a ship)
West-Frisian
1 entries- groukopflinter noun (butterfly of the family Hesperiidae)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Tom likes to skipper small sailboats.
Source: tatoeba (1093281)
Tom has taken over as skipper.
Source: tatoeba (5735721)
Would you like to skipper for a while?
Source: tatoeba (9718599)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
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