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picker

/ˈpɪkə/PIH-kur
/ˈpɪkɚ/PIH-kur

Meaningone who picks

Common meaning: a person or machine that picks

Journey through time

  1. Irishpiocaim‘I pick, I pluck’source
  2. Middle Englishpikkensource
  3. Englishpick‘to choose’
  4. Englishformed in English from pickpicker‘a person or machine that picks’ · 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 pick + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PICK, p.441 · scan

Source words

  • piocaim Irish · source word “to pick, to peck”

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