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sampler en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈsæmplɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar.

Meanings

1. A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.

Forms

sampler en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈsæmpəlɚ/
• /ˈsæmplɚ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin eximō Latin exemplumbor. Old French essainplebor. Middle English saumple English sample English -er English sampler From sample + -er.

Meanings

1. Someone whose job is to take samples.
2. A device that takes samples.
3. An electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings.
4. A representative selection of a larger group.
   • He also made a sampler CD, with one minute samples of 26 of their songs, for free distribution to people they met in Buffalo, and to others who showed an interest in their music. 2012, Eric Bishop-Potter, A Ruined Boy, page 76:

Forms

Deriveds

microsampler · Whitman's sampler · subsampler · autosampler · multisampler · rosette sampler · rompler

Descendants

се́мплер

Translations (3)

pl sampler (digital device) · ka სემპლერი (digital device) · ru семплер (digital device)