woofer

English

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: wo͝ofʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈwʊfɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊfə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: woof‧er

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English woof

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 woofer

From woof + -er.

Noun

woofer (plural woofers)

1. A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound.
2. (Internet slang) A dog.

Synonyms

• (dog): See Thesaurus:dog

Coordinate terms

• (low-frequency audio speaker): midrange, squawker, subwoofer, tweeter

Derived terms

• wooferless

Translations

low-frequency audio speaker

• Finnish: bassokaiutin
• French: woofer (fr) m, haut-parleur de graves (fr) m
• German: Bass (de) m, Basslautsprecher m
• Irish: amhaire m
• Japanese: ウーファー (ūfā), 低音域用スピーカー (tei-on'iki-yō supīkā)
• Korean: 우퍼 (upeo)
• Spanish: woofer m, bafle de bajos m

Etymology 2

From WWOOF.

Noun

woofer (plural woofers)

1. Synonym of wwoofer.
   • 2016, Marlyne Sahakian, Czarina Saloma, Suren Erkman, Food Consumption in the City, page 118:

     On the Big Island, for example, many samll. farming operations depend on unpaid labor such as 'woofers', to fulfill their labour needs cheaply. Woofers are those who labour on organic farms within the World Organization of Organic Farms (WOOF) Network.

French

Etymology

From English woofer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wu.fœʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

woofer m (plural woofers)

1. (acoustics) woofer

Synonyms

• haut-parleur de graves

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

English woof

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

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English wooferubor.

Romanian woofer

Unadapted borrowing from English woofer.

Noun

woofer n (uncountable)

1. woofer

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	woofer	wooferul
genitive-dative	woofer	wooferului
vocative	wooferule