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retriever

/ɹiˈtɹivə/ree-TREE-vur
/ɹiˈtɹivɚ/ree-TREE-vur

Meaningone that retrieves

Common meaning: a dog trained to fetch game

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchretrover‘to find again’source
  2. Frenchretrouversource
  3. Englishretrieve‘get back’
  4. Englishformed in English from retrieveretriever‘a dog trained to fetch game’ · 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 retrieve + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RETRIEVE, p.506 · scan

Source words

  • retrover Old French · source word “to find again”

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