dialer

English

Alternative forms

• dialler (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws

Proto-Italic *djous

Latin diēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin diālis

Middle French dyalbor.

Middle English diall

English dial

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English dialer

From dial + -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪələ(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ(ə)lɚ/

Noun

dialer (plural dialers)

1. A person or device that dials, as using a telephone.

   He treated his assistant as a voice-operated dialer.

2. (mining) A mining surveyor.

   Synonym: latcher

   • 1857, The Mining Magazine, page 128:

     […] let the dialler, with the same instrument he uses underground, run a north and south line on the surface, in any convenient part of the sett, marking the extremities by well-fixed points, […]

Derived terms

• autodialer
• wardialer

Anagrams

• Adriel, Dariel, Lérida, derail, earlid, laired, railed, re-laid, redial, relaid