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mower en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoʊ.ɚ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈməʊ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰeder. Proto-Germanic *maganą Proto-West Germanic *magan Old English magan Middle English mowen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English mowere English mower From Middle English mowere, equivalent to mow + -er.

Meanings

1. A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.
2. A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower).
3. A person who cuts grass.
   • They especially liked to be with the mowers in the hay-making season, seating themselves, greatly to their satisfaction, on the long thick branch of a maple-tree, among the dense foliage. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 93:
4. One who mows (makes grimaces).
   • moppers and mowers

Forms

Deriveds

robotic lawn mower · mulching mower · vertical mower · cylinder mower · riding mower · mower-conditioner · robot mower · lawn mower · reel mower · lawn-mower · mowerless · water mower · haymower · automower · push mower

Descendants

moa · moa

Translations (25)

fr faucheuse (a person who cuts grass) · fi niittokone (farm machine) · wa soyeu (a person who cuts grass) · tr tırpancı (a person who cuts grass) · et niidumasin (farm machine) · wa fåtcheu (a person who cuts grass) · ru сенокосилка (farm machine) · uk косарка (farm machine) · rsk косачка (farm machine) · syc ܓܙܐ (a person who cuts grass) · la falcātor (a person who cuts grass) · ga buainteoir (a person who cuts grass) · de Mäher (a person who cuts grass) · la messor (a person who cuts grass) · fi niittäjä (a person who cuts grass) · ja 草刈り (a person who cuts grass) · ga spealadóir (a person who cuts grass) · de Mähmaschine (farm machine) · et niiduk (farm machine) · it falciatore (a person who cuts grass) · fi ruohonleikkaaja (a person who cuts grass) · bg косач (a person who cuts grass) · ota طرپانجی (a person who cuts grass) · sv slåttermaskin (farm machine) · arc גזא (a person who cuts grass)