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viewer

/ˈvjuːə/VYOO-ur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈvjuɚ/VYOO-ur

Meaningone who views

Common meaning: a watcher

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Journey through time

  1. Frenchveue‘sight, a look’source
  2. Middle Englishvewesource
  3. Englishview‘a sight’
  4. Englishformed in English from viewviewer‘a watcher’ · 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 view + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VIEW, p.686 · scan

Source words

  • veue French · source word “a seeing”

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