English Online Dictionary. What means disclaimer? What does disclaimer mean?
English
Etymology
Partly from Middle English discleymer, from Anglo-Norman desclamer; and partly from disclaim + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkleɪm.ə/
- Hyphenation: dis‧claim‧er
- Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)
Noun
disclaimer (plural disclaimers)
- One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
- A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
- (law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
- (proscribed) A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like.
Usage notes
- The use in the sense of a disclosure rather than a disavowal is a recent extension in meaning that may be considered incorrect usage.
Translations
Verb
disclaimer (third-person singular simple present disclaimers, present participle disclaimering, simple past and past participle disclaimered)
- (transitive, informal) To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.
References
- “disclaimer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Old French
Verb
disclaimer
- Alternative form of desclamer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.