# hater
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English hatere, equivalent to hate +‎ -er. Compare Old English hetend, hettend (“enemy”, literally “hater”). Cognate with Dutch hater (“hater”), German Hasser, Hässer (“hater”), Danish hader (“hater”), Swedish hatare (“hater”), Icelandic hatari (“hater”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈheɪtə(ɹ)/
* (General American) enPR: hāʹtər, IPA: /ˈheɪtɚ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

### Noun

hater (plural haters)
* One who hates.
** 1976, Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church, page 46:In addition to the basic charge that Christians were atheists was the charge that they were also haters of mankind.
** 2005, Seldon B. Graham Jr., Why Your Gasoline Prices Are High, page X:My book is not to villainize the villainizers, hate the haters, or to demonize the demonizers.
* (slang, derogatory) One who expresses unfounded or inappropriate hatred or dislike, particularly if motivated by envy.

#### Synonyms

* despiser

#### Antonyms

* lover
* fan

#### Derived terms

* double hater
* haters gonna hate
* manhater
* man-hater
* player hater
* woman-hater
* womanhater
* woman hater

#### Descendants

* → Russian: хейтер (xejter)

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Erath, rehat, ather-, Earth, Herta, Harte, rathe, Rathe, heart, earth, th'are, thare, Heart, Herat, Taher, Terah, Thera

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hater

### Noun

hater c (singular definite hateren, plural indefinite hatere or haters)
* (cant) a hater
    Coordinate term: hader

#### Declension
### References

* “hater” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From haten +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦaː.tər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ha‧ter
* Rhymes: -aːtər

### Noun

hater m (plural haters, feminine haatster)
* hater (someone who hates)
* hater, enemy or criticaster
    Hater, hater, hou je snater.Hater, hater, shut your trap.

#### Derived terms

* autohater
* homohater
* mannenhater

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* hatere, hatir, hatter, hattir, hatyr, heater, hetter

### Etymology

A back-formed singular from Old English hæteru, a plurale tantum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhatər/

### Noun

hater (plural hateren or hatres or hater)
* A piece of clothing.
* A rag; worn clothing.

#### References

* “hater(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From hat +‎ -er.

#### Noun

hater m (definite singular hateren, indefinite plural hatere, definite plural haterne)
* hater

##### Derived terms

* kvinnehater

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

hater
* present of hate

### See also

* hatar (Nynorsk)

### References

* “hater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁej.teʁ/ [ˈheɪ̯.teh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁej.teʁ/ [ˈheɪ̯.teh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈʁej.teɾ/ [ˈheɪ̯.teɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁej.teʁ/ [ˈχeɪ̯.teχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁej.teɻ/ [ˈheɪ̯.teɻ]

### Noun

hater m or f by sense (plural haters)
* hater (especially on social media)
    Synonym: opositor
    Antonyms: fã, apoiador, seguidor

#### Related terms

* hate

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

hater m (plural hateri)
* hater

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeiteɾ/ [ˈei̯.t̪eɾ]
* IPA: /ˈxeiteɾ/ [ˈxei̯.t̪eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eiteɾ

### Noun

hater m or f by sense (plural haters)
* hater
    Synonym: odiador

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.