recorder

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

recorder (plural recorders)

1. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
2. Agent noun of record; one who records.
3. A judge in a municipal court.
4. A simple internal duct flute

Derived terms

• magnetic recorder
• recordership
• tape recorder
• wire recorder

Translations

recording device

• Arabic: مسجل (ar) (musájjil) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錄音機 (cmn), 录音机 (cmn) (lùyīnjī) tape recorder, 錄像機 (cmn), 录像机 (cmn) (lùxiàngjī) video recorder

• Finnish: tallennin (fi), nauhuri (fi)
• French: enregistreur (fr) m
• German: Rekorder (de) m

• Greek: εγγραφέας (el) (engrafeas) m
• Italian: registratore (it) m
• Japanese: レコーダー (ja) (rekōdā)
• Russian: магнитофон (ru) (magnitofón) m tape recorder, видеомагнитофон (ru) (videomagnitofón) m video recorder, самопишущий прибор (ru) (samopíšuščij pribór) m scientific device
• Spanish: grabadora (es) f

someone who records

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 记录人 (cmn)

• Finnish: levyttäjä (fi)
• Greek: καταγραφέας (el) (katagrafeas) m

• Russian: протоколист (ru) (protokolíst) m, регистратор (ru) (registrátor) m, архивариус (ru) (arχivárius) m
• Spanish: grabador (es) m, grabadora (es) f, escribiente (es) m, registrador (es) m

judge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刑事法院法官 (cmn)

• Finnish: kihlakunnantuomari (fi)

• Greek: αρχειοφύλαξ (el) (arkhiofilax) m
• Russian: рекордер (ru) (r'ekórd'er) m
• Spanish: juez municipal (es) m

flute

• Icelandic: flauta (is) f, blokkflauta (is) f

• Spanish: flauta dulce (es) f

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from record (“to practice (music)”)

Noun

recorder (plural recorders)

1. A woodwind musical instrument.

Translations

musical instrument

• Afrikaans: blokfluit (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: zobcová flétna (cs) f
• Danish: blokfløjte (da)
• Dutch: blokfluit (nl)
• Esperanto: bekfluto (eo)
• Finnish: nokkahuilu (fi)
• French: flûte à bec (fr)
• German: Blockflöte (de) f

• Greek: φλογέρα (el) (flogéra) f, φλάουτο με ράμφος (el) (fláouto me rámfos) n
• Greenlandic: blokfløjte (kl)
• Icelandic: blokkflauta (is)
• Italian: flauto (it) m
• Latin: tibia recta (la)
• Portuguese: flauta doce (pt) f
• Russian: рекордер (ru) (r'ekórd'er) m
• Spanish: flauta dulce (es) f
• Swedish: blockflöjt (sv) c

References

• recorder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• re-record, rerecord

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French

Etymology 1

From Late Latin recordāre, present active infinitive of recordō, alternative form of recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

Verb

recorder

1. (obsolete) to say something repetitively in order to learn.

   As-tu recordé ta leçon?

Conjugation

   Conjugation of recorder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		recorder			avoir recordé
gerund		en recordant			en ayant recordé
present participle		recordant
past participle		recordé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	recorde	recordes	recorde	recordons	recordez	recordent
	imperfect	recordais	recordais	recordait	recordions	recordiez	recordaient
	past historic1	recordai	recordas	recorda	recordâmes	recordâtes	recordèrent
	future	recorderai	recorderas	recordera	recorderons	recorderez	recorderont
	conditional	recorderais	recorderais	recorderait	recorderions	recorderiez	recorderaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	recorde	recordes	recorde	recordions	recordiez	recordent
	imperfect1	recordasse	recordasses	recordât	recordassions	recordassiez	recordassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	recorde	—	recordons	recordez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• recordation
• record

Etymology 2

re- +‎ corder.

Verb

recorder

1. to restring

Conjugation

   Conjugation of recorder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		recorder			avoir recordé
gerund		en recordant			en ayant recordé
present participle		recordant
past participle		recordé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	recorde	recordes	recorde	recordons	recordez	recordent
	imperfect	recordais	recordais	recordait	recordions	recordiez	recordaient
	past historic1	recordai	recordas	recorda	recordâmes	recordâtes	recordèrent
	future	recorderai	recorderas	recordera	recorderons	recorderez	recorderont
	conditional	recorderais	recorderais	recorderait	recorderions	recorderiez	recorderaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	recorde	recordes	recorde	recordions	recordiez	recordent
	imperfect1	recordasse	recordasses	recordât	recordassions	recordassiez	recordassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	recorde	—	recordons	recordez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

recorder

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of recordor

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin.

Verb

recorder

1. to record; to register; to make a record (of)

   recorder une histoire

   to make a record of a story

Conjugation

   Conjugation of recorder

		simple			compound
infinitive		recorder			avoir recordé
gerund		en recordant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		recordant
past participle		recordé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	recorde	recordes	recorde	recordons	recordez	recordent
	imperfect	recordois, recordoys	recordois, recordoys	recordoit, recordoyt	recordions, recordyons	recordiez, recordyez	recordoient, recordoyent
	past historic	recorda	recordas	recorda	recordasmes	recordastes	recorderent
	future	recorderai, recorderay	recorderas	recordera	recorderons	recorderez	recorderont
	conditional	recorderois, recorderoys	recorderois, recorderoys	recorderoit, recorderoyt	recorderions, recorderyons	recorderiez, recorderyez	recorderoient, recorderoyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	recorde	recordes	recorde	recordons	recordez	recordent
	imperfect	recordasse	recordasses	recordast	recordassions	recordassiez	recordassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	recorde	—	recordons	recordez	—

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Old French

Etymology

Latin

Verb

recorder

1. to record; to register
2. to recall; to remember

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of recorder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		recorder			avoir recordé, recordez
gerund		en recordant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		recordant
past participle		recordé, recordez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	recort	recort	recort	recordons	recordez, recordés	recordent
	imperfect	recordoe, recordeie, recordoie	recordoes, recordeies, recordoies	recordot, recordeit, recordoit	recordions, recordiions	recordiez, recordiiez	recordoent, recordient, recordoient
	past historic	recorda	recordas	recorda	recordames	recordastes	recorderent
	future	recorderai	recorderas	recordera	recorderons	recorderez, recordereiz	recorderont
	conditional	recorderoe, recordereie, recorderoie	recorderoes, recordereied, recorderoied	recorderot, recordereie, recorderoie	recorderions, recorderiions	recorderiez, recorderiiez	recorderoent, recordereient, recorderoient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	recort	recort	recort	recordons	recordez	recordent
	imperfect	recordasse	recordasses	recordast	recordissons	recordissez, recordissiez	recordassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	recort	—	recordons	recordez	—

Related terms

• recort
• recordeor

Descendants

• English: to record
• French: recorder

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)