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piper

/ˈpaɪpə/PIGH-pur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈpaɪpɚ/PIGH-pur

Meaningone who pipes

Common meaning: a person who plays a pipe or bagpipes

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pi-‘pipe, chirp, of imitative origin’source
  2. Old EnglishpipesourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishpipesource
  4. Englishpipe‘a tube’
  5. Englishformed in English from pipepiper‘a person who plays a pipe or bagpipes’ · 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 pipe + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PIPE, p.445 · scan

Source words

  • pipe Old English · source word “a tube”

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