timer

English

Etymology

Wikipedia

From to time + -er.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪmə(r)

Noun

timer (plural timers)

1. Someone or something which times.
2. A device used to measure amounts of time.
3. Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.

Derived terms

• egg timer, egg-timer

Translations

device used to measure time

Czech: minutka (cs) f., časovač (cs) m. Dutch: timer (nl) m., eierwekker (nl) m. Estonian: taimer (et) French: chronométreur m., commutateur (d'allumage, de temporisation), minuterie, compte-minutes

Italian: temporizzatore (it) m. Romanian: releu de timp n. , cronometru (ro) n., cronograf (ro) n., regulator de timp (ro), timpizor (ro) n. Spanish: temporizador m.

Anagrams

• merit
• miter
• mitre
• remit

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Danish

Etymology 1

From English timer.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tajmər/, [ˈtˢɑjmɐ]

Noun

timer c. (singular definite timeren, plural indefinite timere)

1. timer

Inflection

    Inflection of timer

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	timer	timeren	timere	timerne
genitive	timers	timerens	timeres	timernes

Etymology 2

See time (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tiːmər/, [ˈtˢiːmɐ]

Noun

timer c.

1. plural indefinite of time

Etymology 3

See time (“to time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tajmər/, [ˈtˢɑjmɐ]

Verb

timer

1. present of time

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Italian

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Etymology

English

Noun

timer m. inv.

1. timer (device)

Synonyms

• temporizzatore

Anagrams

• metri, mitre, termi, tremi