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shaver

/ˈʃeɪvə/SHAY-vur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈʃeɪvɚ/SHAY-vur

Meaningone that shaves

Common meaning: an electric razor

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*skap-‘dig, scrape, shave, shape’source
  2. Old Englishsceafan‘scrape or shave’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishshavensource
  4. Englishshave‘remove hair with a blade’
  5. Englishformed in English from shaveshaver‘an electric razor’ · 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 shave + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SHAVE, p.545 · scan

Source words

  • sceafan Old English · source word “scrape or shave”

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