recorder
/ɹɪˈkɔːdə/rih-KAWR-dur
/ɹɪˈkɔɹdɚ/rih-KAWR-dur
Meaningone who records
Common meaning: a device that records
Other meanings: a simple wind instrument
- reagain; back
- cordthe heartLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 468 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘again’ + ‘the heart’ → recorder
Journey through time
- Latincor, cordis‘the heart’
- Frenchreco
- Middle Englishrecordensource
- Englishrecord‘to set down for later’
- Englishformed in English from recordrecorder‘a device that records’ · 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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from record + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RECORD, p.495 · scan
Roots
- cor, cordis Latin “the heart”
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