scanner

English Online Dictionary. What means scanner‎? What does scanner mean?

English

Etymology

From scan +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskænɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskænə/
• Rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)

Noun

scanner (plural scanners)

1. One who scans. [from 16th c.]
2. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

3. A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.
4. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
5. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
6. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• canners

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English scanner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɛ.nər/
• Hyphenation: scan‧ner

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners, diminutive scannertje n)

1. scanner (scanning device)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English scan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ska.ne/

Verb

scanner

1. to scan (to create a digital copy of an image using a scanner)

Conjugation

Related terms

• scanneur
• scantrad

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English scan +‎ -er.

Verb

scanner (gerund scann'nie)

1. (Jersey, computing, etc.) to scan

Derived terms

• scanneu (“scanner”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English scanner.

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners)

1. Alternative form of escâner
2. Alternative form of scâner

Spanish

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners or scanner)

1. Alternative spelling of escáner

Swedish

Alternative forms

• skanner

Noun

scanner c

1. a scanner (e.g. a document scanner or barcode reader)

   Synonym: bildläsare

Declension

Related terms

• scanna (“to scan”)
• scanning

References

• scanner in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• scanner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)