holder

See also: Holder and Hölder

English

Etymology

hold +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊldə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊɫdɚ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: hold‧er

Noun

holder (plural holders)

1. A thing that holds.

   Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder.

2. A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.

   He's been an account holder with us since 2004.

   In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.

3. (nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
4. (sports) The defending champion.

Derived terms

• accountholder
• agricultural holder
• baitholder
• beauty is in the eye of the beer holder
• billholder
• block holder
• bondholder
• bookholder
• book-holder
• boroughholder
• bottleholder
• boulder holder
• boxholder
• bus-holder
• candleholder
• candle holder
• cardholder
• chairholder
• cigarette holder
• coholder
• copyholder
• cryoholder
• cup holder
• cupholder
• debentureholder, debenture holder
• debtholder
• deedholder
• dwarf-holder
• farm holder
• farm holder
• fiefholder
• film badge holder
• footholder
• fundholder
• gasholder
• grudgeholder
• handholder
• harp holder
• haunch holder
• high-holder
• holder-forth
• holder-on
• holdership
• holder-up
• inkholder
• innholder
• jobholder
• keyholder
• key holder
• lampholder
• landholder
• leadholder
• leaseholder
• lienholder
• loanholder
• lotholder
• mapholder
• mopholder
• neckholder
• needle holder
• noteholder
• office holder
• officeholder
• office-holder
• over-the-shoulder boulder holder
• passholder
• patentholder
• pencil holder
• penholder
• permitholder
• pewholder
• placeholder
• place holder
• planholder
• plateholder
• plotholder
• plume-holder
• plume holder
• policyholder
• policy holder
• postholder
• potholder
• pot holder
• powerholder
• receiptholder
• recordholder
• record-holder
• rein holder
• rightholder
• rightsholder
• runholder
• rush holder
• seatholder
• shareholder
• shipholder
• sightholder
• signholder
• siteholder
• slaveholder
• sleeve-holder
• sleeve holder
• sleeveholder
• stakeholder
• stallholder
• stockholder
• stubbie holder
• stubby holder
• tagholder
• ticket-holder
• titleholder
• toolholder
• typeholder
• type holder
• unitholder
• wardholder
• warrantholder
• wharfholder

 

Descendants

• → Punjabi: ਹੌਲਡਰ (haulḍar)

Translations

a thing that holds

• Bulgarian: държач m (dǎržač), дръжка (bg) f (drǎžka)
• Finnish: pidike (fi), teline (fi)
• French: étui (fr) m, porte- (fr)
• German: Halter (de), Ständer (de) m, Halterung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: δοχεῖον n (dokheîon)

• Irish: coimeádán m, gabhdán m
• Italian: contenitore (it) m, sostegno (it) m
• Latin: capsa f
• Maori: porotēteke, porotēteke, porotēteke
• Mongolian: иш (mn) (iš)
• Portuguese: suporte (pt)
• Russian: патро́н (ru) m (patrón) (cartridge), держа́лка (ru) f (deržálka)
• Serbo-Croatian: držaljka (sh) f, držalica (sh) f, držač (sh) m, držalo (sh) n
• Spanish: soporte (es) m

a person who possesses something

• Bulgarian: притежател (bg) m (pritežatel), приносител (bg) m (prinositel)
• Dutch: houder (nl) m
• Finnish: haltija (fi)
• French: porteur (fr) m, détenteur (fr) m, titulaire (fr) m or f
• German: Halter (de) m, Besitzer (de) m, Eigentümer (de) m
• Italian: possessore (it) m, detentore (it) m, proprietario (it) m
• Polish: dysponent m, dysponentka f, szafarz (pl) m, szafarka (pl) f
• Russian: держа́тель (ru) m (deržátelʹ), держа́тельница (ru) f (deržátelʹnica), облада́тель (ru) m (obladátelʹ), облада́тельница (ru) f (obladátelʹnica), владе́лец (ru) m (vladélec), владе́лица (ru) f (vladélica), носи́тель (ru) m (nosítelʹ), носи́тельница (ru) f (nosítelʹnica)
• Spanish: tenedor (es), titular (es), poseedor

(nautical) a person who works in the hold

• French: calier (fr) m

(sports) defending champion

• French: tenant (fr) m, tenant du titre m

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} držitel (cs) m

Anagrams

• Hordle

Danish

Etymology 1

From holde (“to hold”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʌlɐ]

Noun

holder c (singular definite holderen, plural indefinite holdere)

1. holder

Declension

Declension of holder

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	holder	holderen	holdere	holderne
genitive	holders	holderens	holderes	holdernes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʌlˀɐ]

Verb

holder

1. present tense of holde

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

holder

1. comparative degree of hold
2. inflection of hold:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From holde +‎ -er.

Noun

holder m (definite singular holderen, indefinite plural holdere, definite plural holderne)

1. holder

Derived terms

• brystholder
• foredragsholder
• renholder

Etymology 2

Verb

holder

1. present tense of holde

References

• “holder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.