"fower" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fowers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fowere, foware, fowar; equivalent to fow + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fowere}} Middle English fowere, {{m|en|foware}} foware, {{m|en|fowar}} fowar, {{suffix|en|fow|er|id2=agent noun}} fow + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fower (plural fowers)
  1. (Early Modern, obsolete) One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance. Tags: Early, Modern, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fower-en-noun-ISejs-c0 Categories (other): Early Modern English, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfəʊ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊ.ɚ/ [General-American]
Etymology: Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|four}} Middle English four, {{m|enm|fower}} fower, {{der|en|ang|fēower}} Old English fēower Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fower (uncountable)
  1. The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-fower-en-noun-L5LcdjXv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 67 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral [English]

IPA: /ˈfəʊ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊ.ɚ/ [General-American]
Etymology: Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|four}} Middle English four, {{m|enm|fower}} fower, {{der|en|ang|fēower}} Old English fēower Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} fower
  1. (Geordie) four Tags: Geordie Categories (topical): English cardinal numbers, Four
    Sense id: en-fower-en-num-BO-vCA9a Disambiguation of Four: 15 23 62 Categories (other): Geordie English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|numeral}} fower
  1. Alternative form of four Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: four
    Sense id: en-fower-enm-num-vKKe-vOj Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Numeral [Scots]

IPA: [fʌur], [ˈfʌuər], [fuwr] [Scotland, Southwestern]
Etymology: From Middle English fower, from Old English feōwer, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|fower}} Middle English fower, {{inh|sco|ang|feōwer}} Old English feōwer, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*fedwōr}} Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*kʷetwóres}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Head templates: {{head|sco|numeral}} fower
  1. four Categories (topical): Scots cardinal numbers Derived forms: fowert (english: fourth)
    Sense id: en-fower-sco-num-BO-vCA9a Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
        "Scots terms derived from Old English",
        "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scots terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "four"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fʌur]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʌuər]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fuwr]",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "Southwestern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fower"
}

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