recorder

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈkɔː.də/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈkɔɹ.dəɹ/, /ɹə-/
• Hyphenation: re‧cord‧er
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

Noun

recorder (plural recorders)

1. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
2. Agent noun of record; one who records.
3. A judge in a municipal court.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English recorder, from record (“to practice (music)”); ultimately cognate with Etymology 1.

Noun

recorder (plural recorders)

2. (music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

   Synonyms: English flute, sweet flute

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “recorder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• re-record, rerecord

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French recorder, from Old French recorder, from Latin recordārī (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

Verb

recorder

1. to say something repetitively in order to learn

Conjugation

Related terms

• recordation
• record

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ corder.

Verb

recorder

1. to restring

Further reading

• “recorder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

recorder

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of recordor

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French recorder.

Verb

recorder

1. to record; to register; to make a record (of)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: recorder

Old French

Etymology

From Latin recordārī.

Verb

recorder

1. to record; to register
2. to recall; to remember

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• recort
• recordeor

Descendants

• Middle French: recorder
  • French: recorder
• → Middle English: recorden
  • English: record

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (recorder)