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”) + aquāria.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: so͞o'ə, IPA: /ˈsuːə/, SAMPA: /"su:@/
• (US) enPR: so͞oər, IPA: /ˈsuɚ/, SAMPA: /"su@r/

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  Homophones: suer

• (dated RP) enPR: syo͝oə, IPA: /ˈsjʊə/, SAMPA: /"sjU@/

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

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. German: Kanalisation (de) Hungarian: csatorna (hu)

Italian: fogna (it) f., chiavica (it) f., cloaca (it) f. Japanese: 下水道 (ja) (げすいどう, gesuidō) Portuguese: esgoto (pt) 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. Swedish: kloak 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. (obsolete except historical) A servant attending at a meal, responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes etc.

   • 1819: 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. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Etymology 3

A sewer (Etymology 3) in Dhaka

sew +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: sō'ə, IPA: /ˈsəʊə/, SAMPA: /"s@U@/
• (US) enPR: sō'ə, IPA: /ˈsoʊə/, SAMPA: /"soU@/

  Homophones: 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 m., naaister f. Finnish: ompelija (fi) French: couturier (fr) m., couturière (fr) f.

German: Näher m., Näherin 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