sampler

English

Etymology 1

a sampler of embroidery stitches

From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæmplɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

sampler (plural samplers)

1. A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti

Proto-Italic *emō

Latin emō

Latin eximō

Latin exemplumbor.

Old French essainplebor.

Middle English saumple

English sample

English -er

English sampler

From sample + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmplɚ/, /ˈsæmpəlɚ/

Noun

sampler (plural samplers)

1. Someone whose job is to take samples.
2. A device that takes samples.
3. (music) An electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings.
4. A representative selection of a larger group.
   • 2012, Eric Bishop-Potter, A Ruined Boy, page 76:

     He also made a sampler CD, with one minute samples of 26 of their songs, for free distribution to people they met in Buffalo, and to others who showed an interest in their music.

Derived terms

• autosampler
• microsampler
• multisampler
• rompler
• rosette sampler
• subsampler
• Whitman's sampler

Descendants

• → Russian: се́мплер (sémpler)

Translations

digital device

• Georgian: სემპლერი (semṗleri)
• Polish: sampler (pl) m
• Russian: семплер (ru) m (sempler)

Anagrams

• LaPerms, Marples, lampers, palmers, relamps, repalms

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti

Proto-Italic *emō

Latin emō

Latin eximō

Latin exemplumbor.

Old French essainplebor.

Middle English saumple

English sample

English -er

English samplerubor.

Polish sampler

Unadapted borrowing from English sampler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsam.plɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amplɛr
• Syllabification: sam‧pler

Noun

sampler m inan

1. sampler (digital device)
2. (cosmetics) tester (small phial of perfume or cosmetic bought to try a fragrance without the commitment of a full-size bottle)

   Synonym: tester

Declension

Declension of sampler

	singular	plural
nominative	sampler	samplery
genitive	samplera	samplerów
dative	samplerowi	samplerom
accusative	sampler	samplery
instrumental	samplerem	samplerami
locative	samplerze	samplerach
vocative	samplerze	samplery

Related terms

nouns

• sampel
• sampling

verb

• samplować

Further reading

• “sampler”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sampler”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)