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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024er (ə, ər),USA pronunciation interj. - (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
ER ,- efficiency report.
- See emergency room.
Er ,[Symbol, Chem.]- Chemistryerbium.
-er1 ,- a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatter;
tiler;
tinner;
moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander;
southerner;
villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance (six-footer;
three-master;
teetotaler;
fiver;
tenner). - a suffix serving as the regular English formative of agent nouns, being attached to verbs of any origin (bearer;
creeper;
employer;
harvester;
teacher;
theorizer). Cf. -ier1, -yer.
- Gmc *-warioz people
- Latin -ārius -ary) and Old English -ware forming nouns of ethnic or residential origin, originally (as Rōmware Romans), cognate with Old High German -āri
- Gmc *-arjaz ( Slavic *-arĭ)
- Middle English -er(e), a coalescence of Old English -ere agentive suffix (cognate with Old High German -āri, Gothic -areis
- a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French in the Middle English period, most often names of occupations (archer;
butcher;
butler;
carpenter;
grocer;
mariner;
officer), but also other nouns (corner;
danger;
primer). Some historical instances of this suffix, as in banker or gardener, where the base is a recognizable modern English word, are now indistinguishable from denominal formations with -er1, as miller or potter.
- Latin -ārius, -ārium. Compare -ary, -eer, -ier2
- Anglo-French -er, equivalent. to Old French -er, -ier
- Middle English
- a termination of nouns denoting action or process:dinner; remainder;trover.
- French, origin, originally infinitive suffix -er, -re
- a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adjectives:harder; smaller.
- cognate with German -er Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -ra, -re
- a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adverbs:faster.
- cognate with Old High German -or, German -er Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -or
- a formal element appearing in verbs having frequentative meaning:flicker; shiver;shudder.
- Middle English; Old English -r-; cognate with German -(e)r-
- a suffix that creates informal or jocular mutations of more neutral words, which are typically clipped to a single syllable if polysyllabic, before application of the suffix, and which sometimes undergo other phonetic alterations:bed-sitter; fresher;rugger.Most words formed thus have been limited to English public-school and university slang;
few, if any, have become current in North America, with the exception of soccer, which has also lost its earlier informal character. Cf. -ers.
- said to have first become current in University College, Oxford, 1875–80 probably modeled on nonagentive uses of -er1
- Place NamesEast Riding (Yorkshire).
- Place NamesEast River (New York City).
- King Edward.
- Queen Elizabeth.
- See emergency room.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: er /ə; ɜː/ interj - a sound made when hesitating in speech
ER or E.R.,an abbreviation of:- emergency room.
-er1 ,suffix. - -er is attached to verbs to form nouns with the meanings "a person, animal or thing that performs the action of the verb'' or "the person, animal or thing used in performing the action of the verb'':teach + -er → teacher (= a person who teaches);
fertilize + -er → fertilizer (= a thing that is used to fertilize) - -er is also attached to nouns to form new nouns that refer to the occupation, work, or labor of the root noun:hat + -er → hatter (= one whose work is making hats);roof + -er → roofer (= one whose occupation is repairing roofs).
- -er is also attached to nouns to form new nouns that refer to the place of origin, or the dwelling place, of the root noun:Iceland + -er → Icelander (= a person who originally comes from Iceland);southern + -er → southerner (= a person who originally comes from, or lives in, the south).
Compare -ier, -or. -er4 ,suffix. - -er is regularly used to form the comparative form of short adjectives and adverbs: hard + -er → harder;
small + -er → smaller;
fast + -er → faster.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ER abbreviation for - (in the US) Emergency Room (in hospitals)
- Elizabeth Regina
- Eduardus Rex
Etymology: Latin: Queen Elizabeth Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Er the chemical symbol for - erbium
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -er suffix forming nouns - a person or thing that performs a specified action: reader, decanter, lighter
- a person engaged in a profession, occupation, etc: writer, baker, bootlegger
- a native or inhabitant of: islander, Londoner, villager
- a person or thing having a certain characteristic: newcomer, double-decker, fiver
Etymology: Old English -ere; related to German -er, Latin -ārius -er suffix - forming the comparative degree of adjectives (deeper, freer, sunnier, etc) and adverbs (faster, slower, etc)
Etymology: Old English -rd, -re (adj), -or (adv) |