rectifier
/ˈɹektəˌfaɪə/REK-tuh-figh-ur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪɚ/REK-tuh-figh-ur
Meaningone that rectifies
Common meaning: a device that converts AC to DC
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- rectstraight; rightLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1536 · scan
- ifiverb ending: to make
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinrēctus‘straight’
- Frenchrectifier
- Englishrectify‘to put right’
- Englishformed in English from rectifyrectifier‘a device that converts AC to DC’ · 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 rectify + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RECTIFY, p.496 · scan
Roots
- rēctus Latin “straight; right”
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