wafer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fəː] ~ [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fɐ̝ː] (Australia)
- /ˈweɪ̯fɚ/ (General-American)
- [ˈweɪ̯fəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- [ˈweɪ̯fɚ] ~ [ˈweɪ̯fɹ̩] (General-American)
- /ˈweɪ̯fəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /wæɪ̯fəː/ (Australia)
Etymology
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.
Meanings
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A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but Bread and Water. As the Wafer digeſted, the Tincture mounted to his Brain, bearing the Propoſition along with it.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Permitted to See the Grand Academy of Lagado. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 78:
- A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
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A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost.
1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973 edition, page 202:
- A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wafers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
vanilla wafer · wafer iron · waferless · Anzac wafer · waferish · wafer bread · Neapolitan wafer · wafer trapdoor spider · wafer-thin · communion wafer · waferboard · thin as a wafer · silicon wafer · wafer prober · waferer · waferscale · wafer-scale integration · wafery · wafer ash · waferlike
Synonyms
Translations (65)
ro napolitană (biscuit) · enm wafre (biscuit) · pl podłoże (electronics) · de Halbleiterscheibe (electronics) · yue 威化餅 /威化饼 (biscuit) · ja ウエハース (biscuit) · el γκοφρέτα (biscuit) · sv kiselskiva (electronics) · pl wafel (electronics) · tr gofret (biscuit) · mi keke angiangi (biscuit) · es barquillo (biscuit) · ru подло́жка (electronics) · cmn 晶圓 /晶圆 (electronics) · vi đĩa bán dẫn (electronics) · th เวเฟอร์ (biscuit) · pl andrucik (biscuit) · ar رُقَاقَة (electronics) · fi piikiekko (electronics) · cmn 威化餅 /威化饼 (biscuit) · es oblea (electronics) · es oblea (biscuit) · ca neula (biscuit) · ru печа́ть (lump of sealing substance) · he וָפֶל (biscuit) · es barquilla (biscuit) · eo oblato (biscuit) · he וַפְלָה (biscuit) · sv rån (biscuit) · ru ва́фля (biscuit) · fi vohvelikeksi (biscuit) · bg вафла (biscuit) · da vaffel (biscuit) · fr wafer (electronics) · fr gaufrette (biscuit) · et vahvel (biscuit) · it wafer (biscuit) · pl wafelek (biscuit) · pl andrut (biscuit) · da vafferør (biscuit) · egy G40-q:N33 (biscuit) · pt wafer (electronics) · de Siegeloblate (lump of sealing substance) · it cialda (biscuit) · de Wafer (electronics) · hu ostya (biscuit) · es canutillo (biscuit) · fi vohveli (biscuit) · sv kiselplatta (electronics) · nl wafel (biscuit) · pt wafer (biscuit) · pt obreia (lump of sealing substance) · hu lapka (electronics) · pl wafel (biscuit) · de Waffel (biscuit) · it ostia (biscuit) · it dischetto (electronics) · rsk вощина (biscuit) · el δισκίο πυριτίου (electronics) · hu nápolyi (biscuit) · it lamella (electronics) · cs oplatka (biscuit) · mk обланда (biscuit) · fr pain à cacheter (lump of sealing substance) · de Oblate (biscuit)