"counteracter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkaʊntɚˈæktɚ/ [General-American], /ˌkaʊntəɹˈæktə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: counteracters [plural], counteractor [alternative]
Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) Etymology: From counteract + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|counteract|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From counteract + -er., {{ety|en|:af|counteract|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin āctus Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English counteract Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English counteracter From counteract + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} counteracter (plural counteracters)
  1. Something that counteracts.

Inflected forms

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