announcer
/əˈnaʊnsə/uh-NOWN-sur
/əˈnaʊnsɚ/uh-NOWN-sur
Meaningone that brings news to
Common meaning: a person or thing that announces
- anto, towards (form of ad-)
- nounca messenger; newsLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1229 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘a messenger’ → announcer
Journey through time
- Latinnūntius‘a messenger’
- Englishannounce‘to make known’
- Englishformed in English from announceannouncer‘a person or thing that announces’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that brings news to. It can be inferred from any of: announce.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from announce + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- nūntius Latin “a messenger; news”
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