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conveyer

/kənˈveɪə/kuhn-VAY-ur
/kənˈveɪɚ/kuhn-VAY-ur

Meaninga person or thing that conveys

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

‘with, together’ + ‘a road, way’ → conveyer

Journey through time

  1. Latinvia‘a road, way’
  2. Old Frenchconveiersource
  3. Middle Englishconueiensource
  4. Englishconvey‘to carry’
  5. Englishformed in English from conveyconveyer‘a person or thing that conveys (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 conveys. It can be inferred from any of: convey.

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

Roots

  • via Latin “a road, way”

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