"chaffer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʃæfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃæfɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chaffer.wav Forms: chaffers [plural]
enPR: chăfʹər [US] Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English chaffare (“bargain, trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chaffare||bargain, trade|pos=n}} Middle English chaffare (“bargain, trade”, noun) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chaffer (countable and uncountable, plural chaffers)
  1. (uncountable) bargaining; merchandise Tags: uncountable Translations (bargaining; merchandise): пазарлък (pazarlǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kaupittelu (Finnish), kaupanhieronta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chaffer-en-noun-djcFk0Er Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 18 26 11 17 Disambiguation of 'bargaining; merchandise': 98 2
  2. (countable, slang, obsolete) A person's mouth. Tags: countable, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-chaffer-en-noun-Ym39mtR7 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 18 26 11 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʃæfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃæfɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chaffer.wav Forms: chaffers [plural]
enPR: chăfʹər [US] Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ) Etymology: From chaff + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chaff|er|id2=relational}} chaff + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} chaffer (plural chaffers)
  1. (agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed Categories (topical): Agriculture Translations (upper sieve of a cleaning shoe): yläseula (Finnish), Obersieb [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-chaffer-en-noun-dQe1pwJl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (relational), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 5 55 30 3 1 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (relational): 11 8 43 21 9 3 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 8 44 25 8 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 5 49 27 6 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 3 54 30 4 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 5 51 21 7 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 6 47 22 8 3 5 Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'upper sieve of a cleaning shoe': 99 1
  2. A person or thing which chaffs.
    Sense id: en-chaffer-en-noun-CYUsydtv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: blower, cleaning sieve
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtʃæfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃæfɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chaffer.wav Forms: chaffers [present, singular, third-person], chaffering [participle, present], chaffered [participle, past], chaffered [past]
enPR: chăfʹər [US] Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English chaffare (“bargain, trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chaffare||bargain, trade|pos=n}} Middle English chaffare (“bargain, trade”, noun) Head templates: {{en-verb}} chaffer (third-person singular simple present chaffers, present participle chaffering, simple past and past participle chaffered)
  1. (intransitive) To haggle or barter. Tags: intransitive Translations (haggle or barter): пазаря се (pazarja se) (Bulgarian), tinkiä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chaffer-en-verb-8hMuVvBM Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 18 26 11 17 Disambiguation of 'haggle or barter': 100 0 0
  2. (transitive) To buy. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chaffer-en-verb-qRIoAdlT Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 18 26 11 17
  3. To talk much and idly; to chatter.
    Sense id: en-chaffer-en-verb-YBgMP4gk Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 18 26 11 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bargain, barter, haggle, negotiate Derived forms: chafferer
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} chaffer
  1. Alternative form of chaffare Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chaffare
    Sense id: en-chaffer-enm-noun-KuE-MOHF Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Welsh]

IPA: /ˈχafɛr/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], caffer [mutation, mutation-radical], gaffer [mutation, mutation-soft], nghaffer [mutation, mutation-nasal], chaffer [mutation, mutation-aspirate]
Head templates: {{head|cy|mutated verb}} chaffer Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|caffer}}
  1. Aspirate mutation of caffer. Tags: form-of, mutation-aspirate Form of: caffer
    Sense id: en-chaffer-cy-verb-6hsftrFA Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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