"buzzer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌzə/ [UK], /ˈbʌzɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-buzzer.ogg [Australia] Forms: buzzers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌzə(ɹ) Etymology: From buzz + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|buzz|er|id2=agent noun}} buzz + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} buzzer (plural buzzers)
  1. One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
    Sense id: en-buzzer-en-noun-QHgZt1N4 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 6 32 39 3
  2. A device that makes a buzzing sound. Translations (device): طَنَّان (ṭannān) [masculine] (Arabic), зу́мер (zúmer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), brunzidor [masculine] (Catalan), 蜂鳴器 (Chinese Mandarin), 蜂鸣器 (fēngmíngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 蜂音器 (fēngyīnqì) (Chinese Mandarin), bzučák [masculine] (Czech), zoemer [masculine] (Dutch), summeri (Finnish), bipeur [masculine] (French), Summer [masculine] (German), Buzzer [masculine] (German), זמזם (zamzam) [masculine] (Hebrew), segnalatore acustico [masculine] (Italian), cicalino [masculine] (Italian), ブザー (buzā) (Japanese), 버저 (beojeo) (Korean), شماطه (šamâte) (Persian), brzęczyk (Polish), cigarra [feminine] (Portuguese), зу́ммер (zúmmer) [masculine] (Russian), bocina [feminine] (Spanish), zumbador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-buzzer-en-noun-tLhYwj0x Disambiguation of 'device': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (US slang) A police badge. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-buzzer-en-noun--wgy00ZC Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 6 32 39 3
  4. (cricket, slang) A run scored from an overthrow. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Cricket, Quiz competitions
    Sense id: en-buzzer-en-noun-yM5VxJHs Disambiguation of Quiz competitions: 11 5 19 63 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 3 30 42 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 6 32 39 3 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (obsolete) A gossip. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-buzzer-en-noun-JoR3QhBB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buzzer-beater, buzzer flag, buzzer phone, joy buzzer, moll buzzer, tail-buzzer

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zamzam",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "זמזם"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segnalatore acustico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cicalino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buzā",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "ブザー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beojeo",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "버저"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šamâte",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "شماطه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "brzęczyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cigarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zúmmer",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зу́ммер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bocina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zumbador"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "buzzer"
  ],
  "word": "buzzer"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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