checker
English
Alternative forms
- chequer (in certain senses only)
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛkə(r)
Etymology 1
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
- One who checks or verifies something.
- One who makes a check mark.
- 1989, M. Manfred Fabritius, William Borges, Saving the Savings and Loan
- "Essentially," said a senior vice president of the FHLBB of Dallas, "we were checkers of boxes."
- 1989, M. Manfred Fabritius, William Borges, Saving the Savings and Loan
- The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
- There was a long line at the grocery store because the checker was so slow.
- One who hinders or stops something.
Translations
One who checks or verifies something
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The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment
Etymology 2
Aphetic from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1.
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
- A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
- A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
A playing piece in the game of checkers
Verb
checker (third-person singular simple present checkers, present participle checkering, simple past and past participle checkered)
- (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
Etymology 3
Alteration of chequer.
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
- The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
Usage notes
- Almost always spelled chequer, because the tree itself is native to areas where that spelling is used, and is pretty much unknown in areas that use the other spelling.
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English to check.
Pronunciation
Verb
checker
- to check, verify
- (reflexive, reciprocal, slang) to bump fists
Conjugation
Conjugation of checker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | checker | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | checkant /tʃɛ.kɑ̃/ or /tʃe.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | checké /tʃɛ.ke/ or /tʃe.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | checke /tʃɛk/ |
checkes /tʃɛk/ |
checke /tʃɛk/ |
checkons /tʃɛ.kɔ̃/ or /tʃe.kɔ̃/ |
checkez /tʃɛ.ke/ or /tʃe.ke/ |
checkent /tʃɛk/ |
imperfect | checkais /tʃɛ.kɛ/ or /tʃe.kɛ/ |
checkais /tʃɛ.kɛ/ or /tʃe.kɛ/ |
checkait /tʃɛ.kɛ/ or /tʃe.kɛ/ |
checkions /tʃɛ.kjɔ̃/ or /tʃe.kjɔ̃/ |
checkiez /tʃɛ.kje/ or /tʃe.kje/ |
checkaient /tʃɛ.kɛ/ or /tʃe.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | checkai /tʃɛ.ke/ or /tʃe.ke/ |
checkas /tʃɛ.ka/ or /tʃe.ka/ |
checka /tʃɛ.ka/ or /tʃe.ka/ |
checkâmes /tʃɛ.kam/ or /tʃe.kam/ |
checkâtes /tʃɛ.kat/ or /tʃe.kat/ |
checkèrent /tʃɛ.kɛʁ/ or /tʃe.kɛʁ/ | |
future | checkerai /tʃɛ.kʁe/ or /tʃe.kʁe/ |
checkeras /tʃɛ.kʁa/ or /tʃe.kʁa/ |
checkera /tʃɛ.kʁa/ or /tʃe.kʁa/ |
checkerons /tʃɛ.kʁɔ̃/ or /tʃe.kʁɔ̃/ |
checkerez /tʃɛ.kʁe/ or /tʃe.kʁe/ |
checkeront /tʃɛ.kʁɔ̃/ or /tʃe.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | checkerais /tʃɛ.kʁɛ/ or /tʃe.kʁɛ/ |
checkerais /tʃɛ.kʁɛ/ or /tʃe.kʁɛ/ |
checkerait /tʃɛ.kʁɛ/ or /tʃe.kʁɛ/ |
checkerions /tʃɛ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʃe.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
checkeriez /tʃɛ.kə.ʁje/ or /tʃe.kə.ʁje/ |
checkeraient /tʃɛ.kʁɛ/ or /tʃe.kʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | checke /tʃɛk/ |
checkes /tʃɛk/ |
checke /tʃɛk/ |
checkions /tʃɛ.kjɔ̃/ or /tʃe.kjɔ̃/ |
checkiez /tʃɛ.kje/ or /tʃe.kje/ |
checkent /tʃɛk/ |
imperfect2 | checkasse /tʃɛ.kas/ or /tʃe.kas/ |
checkasses /tʃɛ.kas/ or /tʃe.kas/ |
checkât /tʃɛ.ka/ or /tʃe.ka/ |
checkassions /tʃɛ.ka.sjɔ̃/ or /tʃe.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
checkassiez /tʃɛ.ka.sje/ or /tʃe.ka.sje/ |
checkassent /tʃɛ.kas/ or /tʃe.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | checke /tʃɛk/ |
— | checkons /tʃɛ.kɔ̃/ or /tʃe.kɔ̃/ |
checkez /tʃɛ.ke/ or /tʃe.ke/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Synonyms
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɛkə(r)
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- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
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- English transitive verbs
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