"slater" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsleɪtɚ/ [General-American], /ˈsleɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slater.wav [Southern-England] Forms: slaters [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sclater, equivalent to slate + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sclater}} Middle English sclater, {{suffix|en|slate|er}} slate + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} slater (plural slaters)
  1. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings. Translations (one who lays slate): liuskekiven asentaja (Finnish), couvreur [masculine] (French), Schieferdecker [masculine] (German), Leeëndecker [masculine] (Luxembourgish), pizarrero [masculine] (Spanish), töwr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-slater-en-noun-bKnyYPM~ Disambiguation of 'one who lays slate': 67 3 30
  2. (Scotland, Australia) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse. Tags: Australia, Scotland Categories (lifeform): Isopods
    Sense id: en-slater-en-noun-HkFQ1Ggu Disambiguation of Isopods: 12 78 10 Categories (other): Australian English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 53 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 73 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 21 55 23
  3. A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
    Sense id: en-slater-en-noun-sbTpW2Kw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sea slater Related terms: butcher boy, sowbug, woodlouse, roly-poly, sai bug, saisai gnat

Noun [Scots]

IPA: [ˈsletər] Forms: slaters [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|slaters|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} slater (plural slaters), {{sco-noun}} slater (plural slaters)
  1. woodlouse Synonyms: slatter, slettar, sclater, slatero [Orkney], slateroo, slateo, slaterick
    Sense id: en-slater-sco-noun-Pu5BQQaO Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for slater meaning in All languages combined (5.0kB)

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