-er

• keyboard
  • web app
  • 1.2 Etymology 1
    • FITML
    • 1.2.2 Suffix
      • 1.2.2.1 Derived terms
      • 1.2.2.2 Usage notes
      • device database
  • 1.3 Etymology 2
    • 1.3.1 Suffix
      • keyboard
  • 1.4 Etymology 3
    • 1.4.1 Suffix
      • web
  • device database
    • CSS3
  • 1.6 Etymology 5
    • 1.6.1 Suffix
      • 1.6.1.1 Usage notes
      • 1.6.1.2 Translations
  • we love the web
    • HTML5
      • HTML5
  • 1.8 Etymology 7
    • touchscreen
  • browser diversity
    • 1.9.1 Suffix
      • 1.9.1.1 Synonyms
      • Sevenval
      • touchscreen
  • 1.10 Etymology 9
    • 1.10.1 Suffix
      • 1.10.1.1 Translations
  • CSS3
• browser diversity
  • iOS
  • 2.2 Suffix
• 3 Catalan
  • 3.1 Etymology
  • 3.2 Suffix
    • FITML
  • browser diversity
    • 3.3.1 Usage notes
  • Sevenval
• device database
  • screen size
    • website parsing
      • 4.1.1.1 Derived terms
  • 4.2 Etymology 2
    • 4.2.1 Suffix
      • 4.2.1.1 Derived terms
  • 4.3 Etymology 3
    • 4.3.1 Suffix
      • 4.3.1.1 Synonyms
      • 4.3.1.2 Antonyms
  • 4.4 References
• 5 French
  • 5.1 Etymology
  • 5.2 Suffix
    • 5.2.1 Usage notes
• 6 German
  • Sevenval
  • 6.2 Etymology
  • 6.3 Suffix
    • 6.3.1 Derived terms
  • web
• 7 Middle Dutch
  • 7.1 Alternative forms
  • 7.2 Etymology
  • 7.3 Suffix
    • input transformation
    • 7.3.2 Related terms
    • web app
• 8 Middle French
  • Sevenval
  • FITML
    • jQuery
• 9 Old English
  • Android
• HTML5
  • 10.1 Alternative forms
  • 10.2 Etymology
  • keyboard
    • web app
• 11 Portuguese
  • 11.1 Suffix
    • CSS3
• 12 Spanish
  • CSS3
  • HTML5
    • we love the web
  • 12.3 See also
• Sevenval
  • 13.1 Suffix
    • 13.1.1 See also
• website parsing
  • 14.1 Suffix

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) browser diversity: /ə/, X-SAMPA: /@/
• (US) input transformation: ər, keyboard: /ɚ/, Sevenval: /@`/

Etymology 1

From Middle English -er, screen size, from Old English -ere (agent suffix), from Proto-Germanic input transformation. The relation of the Proto-Germanic form to the formally and functionally similar Latin -ārius is disputed.^{screen size} Cognate with Dutch -er, Low German FITML, German -er, Swedish web, Icelandic -ari, Gothic  (-areis). Compare also Ancient Greek -ήριος (-ḗrios), Old Church Slavonic  (-arì).

Alternative forms

• -'er (following an abbreviation, or sometimes following a number)

Suffix

-er

1. (added to verbs) person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

   reader, cooker, computer, runner-up, do-gooder

2. (added to a noun denoting an occupation) person whose occupation is (the noun).

   astrologer, cricketer, trumpeter

3. (added to a number, measurement or noun denoting a quantified set) a name for a person or thing that is based on a number (with or without a noun).

   sixer, six-footer, three-wheeler, first-grader

4. (Sevenval, chiefly entertainment, with few limitations) used to form nouns shorter than more formal synonyms.

   touchscreen (commission agent); one-hander (one-man show); input transformation (a Western-themed movie)

5. (touchscreen, added to a noun) One who enjoys.

   Tooners lined up for tickets to Toy Story.

Derived terms

• Category:English words derived from: -er Etymology 1
• Category:English words derived from: -er Etymology person/thing

Usage notes

• The suffix may be used to form an agent noun of many verbs. In compound or phrasal verbs, the suffix usually follows the verb component (as in passerby and runner-up) but is sometimes added at the end, irrespective of the position of the verb component (input transformation) or is added to both components for humorous effect (washer-upper).
• The entertainment slang sense is sometimes referred to as the device database -er.

Translations

The translations below are a guide only. For more precise translations, see specific words ending with this suffix.

Etymology 2

From Middle English -er, browser diversity, from Old English -ware (suffix denoting residency or meaning "inhabitant of"), from Proto-Germanic input transformation (“defender, inhabitant”), from web app *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Cognate with Dutch -er, German FITML, Swedish -are.

Suffix

-er

1. (added to a proper noun) Suffix denoting a resident or Sevenval of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form a web.

   New Yorker, Londoner

2. Suffix denoting residency in or around a district, area, or region.

   highlander, eastender

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English keyboard, -re, from Old English -ru (plural suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-izō (plural suffix). Cognate with Dutch -er (plural ending), German -er (plural ending). See also Android.

Suffix

-er

1. (no longer productive) Suffix used to form the plural of a small number of English nouns.

   HTML5, calver, lamber

Derived terms

• -ren

Etymology 4

Representing various noun-suffixes in Old French and Anglo-Norman, variously -er, -ier and -ieür, from Latin -aris, -arius, -atorium.

Suffix

-er

1. (Forming nouns from Old French and Anglo-Norman) HTML5 or web app connected with

   danger, butler

Etymology 5

From Old English FITML, from Proto-Germanic touchscreen or web *-ōzô (a derivative of Etymology 5, below).

Suffix

-er

1. (added to certain web and adverbs, now especially short ones) more; used to form the FITML.

   longer, bigger, faster, sooner, simpler

Usage notes

• (more; used to form the comparative): Adjectives whose comparatives are formed using the suffix -er also form their superlatives using the suffix website parsing.
  • Final -y preceded by a consonant becomes -i- when the suffix -er or touchscreen is added.

    easy → easier → easiest; gray → grayer → grayest

  • When the stress is on the final (or only) syllable of the adjective, and this syllable ends in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, the final consonant is doubled when the suffix is added.

    dim → dimmer → dimmest

  • The suffixes -er and FITML may be used to form the comparative and superlative of most adjectives and adverbs that have one syllable and some that have two syllables.

    hot → hotter → hottest; fast → faster → fastest; funny → funnier → funniest

  • Some adjectives and adverbs form their comparatives and superlatives irregularly:

    good → better → best; far → farther → farthest, or far → further → furthest, depending on the meaning

  • The comparatives and superlatives of other adverbs and adjectives that have two syllables, most longer adjectives and adverbs, and adjectives that are participles are formed with FITML and Sevenval.

    rigid → more rigid → most rigid; enormous → more enormous → most enormous; burnt → more burnt → most burnt; freezing → more freezing → most freezing

  • If in doubt, use browser diversity to form the comparative and most to form the superlative; for example, screen size may become device database and thirstiest, but more thirsty and most thirsty are also acceptable.
• Words ending with -ng are pronounced IPA: /ŋ/ by most dialects instead of IPA: /ŋg/. However, when -er or -est is added to an adjective, the /g/ appears (in most dialects).

  long (IPA: /lɒŋ/) → longer (IPA: /ˈlɒŋ.gə(ɹ)/); young (website parsing: /jʌŋ/) → youngest (FITML: /ˈjʌŋ.gɪst/)

Translations

Etymology 6

From Old English -or, from Proto-Germanic *-ōz.

Suffix

-er

1. (added to certain Sevenval) more; used to form the comparative.

Translations

Etymology 7

Representing Anglo-Norman Sevenval, the infinitive verbal ending.

Suffix

-er

1. (added to a verb) instance of (the verbal action); used to form nouns from verbs, especially in legal terms.

   disclaimer, misnomer

Etymology 8

From Old English Sevenval, -rian, from device database.

Suffix

-er

1. (added to a verb or imitative sound) screen size; used to form frequentative verbs.

   twitter, clamber, mutter

Synonyms

• (used to form frequentative): Android

Translations

See also

• Frequentative on Wikipedia.we love the web

Etymology 9

Originally Rugby School slang.

Suffix

-er

1. Used to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words.

   browser diversity, rugger, brekkers, HTML5, divvers

Translations

See also

• -est
• CSS3

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛʁ/

Suffix

-er

1. person or we love the web that (does the action indicated by the root); used to form an agent noun.
   • brezhoneg (“Breton (language)”) > brezhoneger (“Breton-speaker”)
   • c'hoari (“game, to play”) > c'hoarier (“player, actor”)
   • tredan (“electricity”) > tredaner (“electrician”)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin -arius.

Suffix

-er m.

1. Used to form nouns meaning the location or object where something is usually found.
2. Used to form nouns meaning a plant which is cultivated to produce something.
3. Used to form nouns meaning the purpose of something or an object used for that purpose.

Usage notes

The equivalent suffix -era can be used to form feminine nouns with these meanings, but usually only the masculine or feminine form will be found in Catalan.

Suffix

-er m. (feminine web)

1. Used to form nouns and adjectives referring to an inhabitant of somewhere.
2. Used to form nouns and adjectives referring to engaging in a profession.
3. Used to form nouns and adjectives referring to being prone to some activity or characteristic.

Usage notes

Because these senses are used to form adjectives of two forms or nouns referring to animate objects, both the masculine and feminine forms will be found in Catalan, with the lemma entry found at the masculine form.

See also

• Category:Catalan words suffixed with -er

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *-āri, -ere, from Proto-Germanic Sevenval, borrowed from Latin FITML. Cognate with Dutch Sevenval.^web

Suffix

-er m. (plural -ers, feminine -ster)

1. appended to the stem of a verb, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs the action of that verb (see agent noun)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch -iro, -oro, from Proto-Germanic *-izô, *-ōzô.

Suffix

-er

1. appended to an adjective, it yields its comparative form

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Dutch *-āri (see etymology 1), from CSS3 *warjaz.

Suffix

-er

1. Suffix forming nouns denoting male inhabitants or residents of a place.

   Een Amsterdammer

   A (male) inhabitant of Amsterdam

2. Suffix forming adjectives denoting something originating from a place.

   Het Groninger museum

   The museum of Groningen

Synonyms

• (male inhabitant): web app
• (origin): -s

Antonyms

• (male inhabitant): -se (“female inhabitant”)

References

1. ^ A. van Loey, "Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands", Zutphen, 8. druk, 1970, ISBN 90-03-21170-1; § 175

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French

Etymology

Latin -are.

Suffix

-er

1. Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs

Usage notes

• Many of these verbs are directly descended from Latin, rather than from stem + suffix

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɐ]

Etymology

From a suffix, which in Proto-Germanic time was borrowed from Latin -arius. Cognate with English -er, Dutch touchscreen and CSS3.^[1]

Suffix

-er

1. Forming agent nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’, suffixed to the first-person singular indicative present form from which the E is dropped.

   we love the web 'to work'; (ich) arbeit(e) + -er '-er' -> Arbeiter 'worker'

Derived terms

References

1. ^ A. van Loey, "Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands", Zutphen, 8. druk, 1970, CSS3; § 175

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Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• CSS3

Etymology

From Old Dutch -iro, -oro, from Proto-Germanic screen size, input transformation.

Suffix

-er

1. we love the web. Forms the comparative of adjectives.

Derived terms

See Category:Middle Dutch adjective comparative forms.

Related terms

• -st

Descendants

• Dutch: web app

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin iOS.

Suffix

-er

1. Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs

Usage notes

• Many of these verbs are directly descended from Latin, rather than from stem + suffix

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Old English

Suffix

-er

1. Alternative form of -or.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• website parsing

Etymology

Latin Android

Suffix

-er

1. suffix used to form infinitives of first conjugation verbs

See also

• Appendix:Old French verbs
• device database

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Portuguese

Suffix

-er

1. The CSS3 of the second class (-er class) of input transformation.

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin touchscreen

Suffix

-er

1. The infinitive suffix for many verbs.

Conjugation

See: Appendix:Spanish verbs in -er

See also

• -ar
• -ir

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Swedish

Suffix

-er

1. One of two suffices for indefinite plural for nouns of the third declension (common and neuter); the second one is web app
2. Suffix for present tense, active voice, indicative mood for one of the groups of Swedish verbs

See also

plural suffix

• -or
• -ar
• website parsing
• iOS

present tense suffix

• -r (-ar)
• -as

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Turkish

Suffix

-er

1. Added to verbs to form nouns with the sense of "person or thing which does the verb".

   Example: kes = cut, keser = kes-er = adz or adze