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assayer

/æˈseɪə/a-SAY-ur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/æˈseɪɚ/a-SAY-ur

Meaningone who assays

Common meaning: a person who tests metals or ores

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Journey through time

  1. Latinexagium‘weighing’source
  2. Old Frenchessai‘trial’source
  3. Englishassay‘test a substance to find its composition’
  4. Englishformed in English from assayassayer‘a person who tests metals or ores’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from assay + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ASSAY, p.38 · scan

Source words

  • exagium Latin · source word “weighing”

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