sewer

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Etymology 1

Inside an underground sewer (etymology 1)

From Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) with aquāria.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: so͞o'ə, IPA: /ˈsuːə/, X-SAMPA: /"su:@/
  • (formerly) enPR: syo͝oə, IPA: /ˈsjʊə/, X-SAMPA: /"sjU@/
• (US) enPR: so͞oər, IPA: /ˈsuɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"su@r/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: suer

Noun

Wikipedia sewer (plural sewers)

1. A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

Translations

pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage

• Asturian: alcantariella (ast) f, alcantarelláu (ast) m
• Catalan: claveguera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下水道 (cmn) (xiàshuǐdào), 滲溝 (cmn), 渗沟 (cmn) (shèngōu), 陰溝 (cmn), 阴沟 (cmn) (yīngōu)

• Dutch: riool (nl) n
• Esperanto: kloako (eo)
• Finnish: viemäri (fi)
• French: égout (fr) m
• Galician: sumidoiro (gl) m
• German: Kanalisation (de)
• Hungarian: csatorna (hu)
• Indonesian: selokan (id), got (id) (informal)

• Italian: fogna (it) f, chiavica (it) f, cloaca (it) f
• Japanese: 下水道 (ja) (げすいどう, gesuidō)
• Portuguese: esgoto (pt) m
• Russian: сточная труба (ru) (stóčnaja trubá) f, канализационная труба (ru) (kanalizaciónnaja trubá) f, коллектор (ru) (kolléktor) m, канализация (ru) (kanalizácija) f
• Slovak: stoka (sk), kanalizácia (sk)
• Spanish: alcantarilla (es) f, cloaca (es) f, alcantarillado (es) m
• Swedish: kloak (sv) c

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman asseour, from Old French asseoir (“find a seat for”), from Latin assidēre, present active participle of assideō (“attend to”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsjuːə/

Noun

sewer (plural sewers)

1. (now historical) A servant attending at a meal, responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes etc.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     While the Saxon was plunged in these painful reflections, the door of their prison opened, and gave entrance to a sewer, holding his white rod of office.

   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 287:

     His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.

Etymology 3

A sewer (Etymology 3) in Dhaka

sew +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: sō'ə, IPA: /ˈsəʊə/, X-SAMPA: /"s@U@/
• (US) enPR: sō'ə, IPA: /ˈsoʊə/, X-SAMPA: /"soU@/
• Homophone: sower
• Rhymes: -əʊə(r)

Noun

sewer (plural sewers)

1. A person who sews.

Synonyms

• (person who sews clothing): sempster/sempstress (man/woman), seamster/seamstress (man/woman), tailor

Translations

person who sews clothing

• Dutch: naaier (nl) m, naaister (nl) f
• Finnish: ompelija (fi)
• French: couturier (fr) m, couturière (fr) f

• German: Näher (de) m, Näherin (de) f
• Spanish: costurero (es) m, costurera (es) f, cosedor (es) m, cosedora (es) f
• Volapük: (male or female) nägan (vo), (male) hinägan (vo), (female) jinägan (vo)

Anagrams

• ewers, re-sew, resew, sweer