pacemaker

English

Etymology

pace +‎ maker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkəɹ/

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Noun

pacemaker (plural pacemakers)

1. One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
2. (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
3. (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

Translations

one who sets the pace in a race

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帶步人／带步人, 带步人 (dàibùrén)

• Finnish: vauhdinpitäjä
• French: meneur de train m
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• German: Schrittmacher m, Pacemaker (de) m, Tempomacher (de) m
• Italian: lepre (it) f, battistrada (it) m
• Serbo-Croatian: pejsmejker (sh) m
• Swedish: hare (sv) c, pacemaker (sv) c

anatomy: set of nerves

• Finnish: sydänhermo
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• Spanish: marcapasos (es) m

medical implement

• Catalan: marcapassos (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 起搏器 (zh) (qǐbóqì)

• Czech: kardiostimulátor m
• Finnish: sydämentahdistin (fi), tahdistin
• French: stimulateur cardiaque m, pacemaker (fr)
• German: Herzschrittmacher (de) m, Pacemaker (de) m
• Greenlandic: batteri
• Hindi: गतिनिर्धारक यन्ट् m (gatinirdhārak yanṭ)
• Italian: pacemaker (it) m
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• Japanese: ペースメーカー (pēsumēkā)
• Maori: mīhini whakataki manawa
• Polish: rozrusznik serca (pl) m, rozrusznik m
• Portuguese: marca-passo (pt) m
• Russian: электрокардиостимуля́тор (ru) m (elektrokardiostimuljátor), ЭКС m (EKS), кардиостимуля́тор (ru) m (kardiostimuljátor)
• Serbo-Croatian: pejsmejker (sh) m
• Slovak: kardiostimulátor m
• Spanish: marcapaso m, marcapasos (es) m, estimulador cardíaco m
• Swedish: pacemaker (sv) c
• Turkish: kalp pili
• Welsh: rheolydd calon m

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Translations to be checked

• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} amseriadur m, ^{(please verify)} rheoliadur m
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Swedish

Etymology

From English pacemaker, used since 1891.

Noun

pacemaker c

1. (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
3. (medicine) a pacemaker, an implant that stimulates the heart to beat

Declension

Declension of pacemaker
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pacemaker	pacemakern	pacemakrar	pacemakrarna
Genitive	pacemakers	pacemakerns	pacemakrars	pacemakrarnas

Related terms

• pacemakerbärare

References

• pacemaker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pacemaker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)