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climber

/ˈklaɪmə/KLIGH-mur
/ˈklaɪmɚ/KLIGH-mur

Meaninga person or thing that climbs

Common meaning: a person or thing that climbs (inferred)

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishclimban‘to ciimb’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishclimbensource
  3. Englishclimb‘to go up’
  4. Englishformed in English from climbclimber‘a person or thing that climbs (inferred)’ · 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: a person or thing that climbs. It can be inferred from any of: climb.

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 climb + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • climban Old English · source word “climbing”

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