scanner

See also Scanner

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

to scan + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænə(r)

Noun

scanner (plural scanners)

1. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.

   He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.

2. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
3. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
4. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
5. One who scans.

Related terms

• scan

Descendants

• German: Scanner

Translations

device which scans documents

Arabic: ماسح (ar) (maasiH) m.,ماسح ضوئي (ar) (maasiH Duu'ii) m. Armenian: սկաներ (hy) (skaner) Chinese: trad. 掃描器, simpl. 扫描器 (pinyin: sǎomiáoqì) Czech: skener (cs) m. Dutch: scanner (nl) Estonian: skanner (et) Finnish: skanneri (fi) French: scanner (fr) m., numériseur (fr) m. German: Scanner (de) m.

Greek: σαρωτής (el) (sarotís) m. Icelandic: skanni (is) m. Japanese: スキャナー (ja) (sukyanā), スキャナ (ja) (sukyana) Latin: sarotis (la) f. Maltese: skener (mt) m. Russian: сканер (ru) (skáner) m. Swedish: bildläsare (sv) c., skanner (sv) c. Turkish: tarayıcı (tr)

radio receiver

Finnish: skannaava radio Greek: ανιχνευτής (el) (anichneftís) m.

Japanese: 広帯域受信機 (ja) (kōtaiiki-jushinki)

device that uses radiation to produce images

Finnish: skanneri (fi) Japanese: 断層撮影装置 (ja) (dansō-satsuei-souchi)

Russian: сканер (ru) (skáner) m.

optical device

Finnish: skanneri (fi) Greek: σαρωτής (el) (sarotís) m. Japanese: 読み取り装置 (ja) (yomitori-souchi)

Macedonian: оптички читач (mk) (óptički čítač) m., скенер (mk) (skéner) m. Russian: сканер (ru) (skáner) m.

one who scans

Estonian: skaneerija (et) Finnish: skannaaja (fi)

Greek: σαρωτής (el) (sarotís) m., ανιχνευτής (el) (anichneftís) m.

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Serbo-Croatian: skener (hr) m. Dutch: scanner (nl) m. French: module de balayage m. German: Abtaster, Blattabtaster, Scanner m. Italian: dispositivo d'esplorazione m. Korean: 스캐너 Portuguese: varredor m. Spanish: explorador m.

Anagrams

• canners

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Dutch

Noun

scanner m.

1. scanner

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French

Etymology

From English scan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ska.ne/

Verb

scanner

1. to scan (to create a digital copy of an image using a scanner)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of scanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		scanner			avoir scanné
gerund		en scannant			en ayant scanné
present participle		scannant
past participle		scanné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	scanne	scannes	scanne	scannons	scannez	scannent
	imperfect	scannais	scannais	scannait	scannions	scanniez	scannaient
	past historic1	scannai	scannas	scanna	scannâmes	scannâtes	scannèrent
	future	scannerai	scanneras	scannera	scannerons	scannerez	scanneront
	conditional	scannerais	scannerais	scannerait	scannerions	scanneriez	scanneraient
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	scanne	scannes	scanne	scannions	scanniez	scannent
	imperfect1	scannasse	scannasses	scannât	scannassions	scannassiez	scannassent
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	–
		—	scanne	—	scannons	scannez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• scanneur
• scantrad