timer

English

Etymology

time +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪmɚ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪmə(r)

Noun

timer (plural timers)

  1. Someone or something which times.
  2. A device used to measure amounts of time.
  3. Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.

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Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English timer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tajmər/, [ˈtˢɑjmɐ]

Noun

timer c (singular definite timeren, plural indefinite timere)

  1. timer
Inflection
Declension of timer
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative timer timeren timere timerne
genitive timers timerens timeres timernes

Etymology 2

See time (“hour”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiːmər/, [ˈtˢiːmɐ]

Noun

timer c pl

  1. plural indefinite of time

Etymology 3

See time (“to time”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tajmər/, [ˈtˢɑjmɐ]

Verb

timer

  1. present tense of time

Interlingua

Verb

timer

  1. to dread, fear

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English timer.

Noun

timer m (invariable)

  1. timer (device)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

timer m pl

  1. indefinite plural of time

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English timer.

Noun

timer m (plural timers)

  1. timer (device used to measure time)

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