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remover

/ɹɪˈmuːvə/rih-MOO-vur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɹɪˈmuvɚ/rih-MOO-vur

Meaningone that removes

Common meaning: a substance or person that removes

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchremouvoir‘to remove, retire’source
  2. Middle Englishremeuensource
  3. Englishremove‘to take away’
  4. Englishformed in English from removeremover‘a substance or person that removes’ · 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 remove + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REMOVE, p.501 · scan

Source words

  • remouvoir Old French · source word “to move back”

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