dispenser

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English

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dispenser (plural dispensers)

  1. Something or someone that dispenses things.
    • 2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times[1]:
      While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus.
    1. An object used to dispense other items.
      a toilet-paper dispenser
    2. A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dispēnsāre. Compare dépenser.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dis.pɑ̃.se/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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dispenser

  1. (transitive) to excuse, exempt (de from)
  2. (transitive, literary) to dispense, give out, radiate
  3. (transitive) to distribute, dispense
  4. (reflexive) to avoid, refrain (de from)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English dispenser, from Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dɪsˈpɛnsər]
  • Hyphenation: dis‧pèn‧sêr

Noun

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dispènsêr (first-person possessive dispenserku, second-person possessive dispensermu, third-person possessive dispensernya)

  1. dispenser
    1. (colloquial) water dispenser.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English dispenser.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈspɛn.ser/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnser
  • Hyphenation: di‧spèn‧ser

Noun

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dispenser m (invariable)

  1. dispenser
    Synonyms: distributore, erogatore

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dispenser in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Verb

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dispēnser

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dispēnsō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English dispenser.

Noun

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dispenser m (definite singular dispenseren, indefinite plural dispensere, definite plural dispenserne)

  1. a dispenser (object used to dispense)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English dispenser.

Noun

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dispenser m (definite singular dispenseren, indefinite plural dispenserar, definite plural dispenserane)

  1. a dispenser (object used to dispense)
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Swedish

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Noun

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dispenser

  1. indefinite plural of dispens