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timer en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaɪmɚ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English timer From time (verb) + -er.

Meanings

  1. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times. ▸ A device used to measure amounts of time.
    • start the timer when you hear the gunshot
  2. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times. ▸ Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.
  3. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times. ▸ A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

Forms

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timers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

sand timer · sprinkler timer · egg timer · watchdog timer · autotimer · chess timer · teletimer · kitchen timer · egg-timer · eggtimer · self timer

Descendants

та́ймер · 타이머 · та́ймер · タイマー

Relateds

two-timer · stopwatch · all-timer · time switch · programmable

Synonyms

timepiece · timekeeper

Translations (66)

is tímastillir (device) · ro releu de timp (device) · hu főzőóra (device) · it timer (device) · fr minuteur (device) · sv timer (device) · fi ajanottaja (person) · it contaminuti (electronic function) · ro cronometru (device) · fi ajastin (device) · pt temporizador (device) · ro cronograf (device) · km កម្មវិធីកំណត់ម៉ោង (device) · de Zeitschaltuhr (device) · cmn 計時器 /计时器 (device) · de Schaltuhr (device) · da timer (device) · hu kapcsolóóra (device) · et taimer (device) · hu időjelző (device) · fa زمانسنج (device) · sh odbrojavač vremena (device) · hu percjelző (device) · it timer (electronic function) · he טיימר (device) · ja タイマー (device) · fi ajastin (electronic function) · pt timer (device) · it contaminuti (device) · hu időzítő (device) · ro timpizor (device) · hu időmérő (device) · tl pang-oras (device) · de Timer (electronic function) · nn timer (device) · fr minuterie (electronic function) · fi kello (device) · ca temporitzador (device) · el χρονομετρητής (device) · th เครื่องจับเวลา (device) · nl eierwekker (device) · nl timer (device) · da nedtællingsur (device) · vo timimafian (device) · pt temporizador (electronic function) · mi inewā (device) · bg таймер (electronic function) · pl minutnik (device) · ru та́ймер (device) · ro regulator de timp (device) · bg хронометрист (person) · ko 타이머 (device) · ar مُؤَقِّت m or مُوَقِّت (device) · el χρονομέτρης (person) · es temporizador (device) · fa تایمر (device) · nb timer (device) · cs minutka (device) · it temporizzatore (electronic function) · hu időkapcsoló (device) · ru реле́ вре́мени (device) · cmn 定時器 /定时器 (device) · is tímarofi (device) · es temporizador (electronic function) · cs časovač (device) · it temporizzatore (device)

timer en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaɪmɚ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From time (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

Meanings

  1. (in-compounds) One who has done something a certain number of times.
    • third-timer
  2. (in-compounds) One characterized by a certain time or time frame, such as their work hours.

Forms

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timers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

big-timer · half-timer · full-timer · part-timer · good-timer · first-timer · whole-timer · old timer · short-timer · nine-timer · small-timer

Relateds

one-timer