timer

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

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪmɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From time (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

timer (plural timers)

1. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.
   1. A device used to measure amounts of time.

      Synonym: timepiece

   2. Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.
   3. A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

      Synonym: timekeeper

Derived terms

Related terms

• all-timer
• two-timer

Descendants

• → Japanese: タイマー (taimā)\
• → Korean: 타이머 (taimeo)
• → Russian: та́ймер (tájmer)
  • → Kazakh: таймер (taimer)
• → Ukrainian: та́ймер (tájmer)

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From time (noun) +‎ -er (measurement suffix) or +‎ -er (occupational suffix).

Noun

timer (plural timers) (in combination)

1. One who has done something a certain number of times.

2. One characterized by a certain time or time frame, such as their work hours.

Derived terms

Related terms

• one-timer

Further reading

• “timer”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “timer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “timer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “timer”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• Terim, ermit, merit, miter, mitre, remit

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English timer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tajmər/, [ˈtˢɑjmɐ]

Noun

timer c (singular definite timeren, plural indefinite timere)

1. timer

Inflection

Etymology 2

See time (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːmər/, [ˈtˢiːmɐ]

Noun

timer c pl

1. plural indefinite of time

Etymology 3

See time (“to time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tajmər/, [ˈtˢɑjmɐ]

Verb

timer

1. present tense of time

Interlingua

Verb

timer

1. to dread, fear

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English timer.

Noun

timer m (invariable)

1. timer (device)

   Synonym: temporizzatore

Anagrams

• merti, metri, mitre, termi, tremi

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

timer m pl

1. indefinite plural of time

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English timer.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧mer

Noun

timer m (plural timers)

1. timer (device used to measure time)

   Synonym: temporizador