"wafer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈweɪfə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-wafer.ogg [US] Forms: wafers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪfə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wafre}} Middle English wafre, {{der|en|xno|wafre}} Anglo-Norman wafre, {{m|fro|waufre}} waufre, {{cog|fro|gaufre}} Old French gaufre, {{cog|gml|wāfel}} Middle Low German wāfel, {{cog|dum|wafel||honeycomb}} Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), {{cog|vls|wafer}} West Flemish wafer, {{m|en|waffle}} waffle Head templates: {{en-noun}} wafer (plural wafers)
  1. A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie. Translations (biscuit): вафла (vafla) [feminine] (Bulgarian), neula [feminine] (Catalan), 威化餅 (Chinese Cantonese), 威化饼 (wai¹ faa³ beng²) (Chinese Cantonese), 威化餅 (Chinese Mandarin), 威化饼 (wēihuàbǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), oplatka [feminine] (Czech), vaffel [common-gender] (Danish), vafferør [neuter] (Danish), wafel [feminine] (Dutch), G40-q:N33 (pꜣq) (Egyptian), oblato (Esperanto), vahvel (Estonian), vohveli (Finnish), gaufrette [feminine] (French), Oblate [feminine] (German), Waffel [feminine] (German), γκοφρέτα (gkofréta) [feminine] (Greek), ostya (Hungarian), nápolyi (Hungarian), wafer [masculine] (Italian), cialda (english: ice-cream) [feminine] (Italian), ostia [feminine] (Italian), ウエハース (uehāsu) (Japanese), keke angiangi (Maori), wafre (Middle English), wafel [masculine] (Polish), wafelek [masculine] (Polish), andrut [masculine] (Polish), andrucik [masculine] (Polish), wafer [masculine] (Portuguese), napolitană [feminine] (Romanian), ва́фля (váflja) [feminine] (Russian), oblea [feminine] (Spanish), rån [neuter] (Swedish), เวเฟอร์ (wee-fəə) (Thai), gofret (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-wafer-en-noun-VZG2CZIy Disambiguation of 'biscuit': 100 0 0 0
  2. (Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: host
    Sense id: en-wafer-en-noun-RJ~YVClY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 41 32 26 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 55 21 22 2 Topics: Christianity
  3. A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. Categories (topical): Foods Translations (lump of sealing substance): pain à cacheter [masculine] (French), obreia [feminine] (Portuguese), печа́ть (pečátʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wafer-en-noun-imnBvr0G Disambiguation of Foods: 1 28 53 14 4 Disambiguation of 'lump of sealing substance': 0 8 83 8
  4. (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (electronics): رُقَاقَة (ruqāqa) [feminine] (Arabic), piikiekko (Finnish), wafer [masculine] (French), Wafer [masculine] (German), Halbleiterscheibe [feminine] (German), δισκίο πυριτίου (diskío pyritíou) [neuter] (Greek), lapka (Hungarian), lamella [feminine] (Italian), dischetto [masculine] (Italian), wafel [masculine] (Polish), podłoże [neuter] (Polish), wafer [masculine] (Portuguese), подло́жка (podlóžka) [feminine] (Russian), oblea [feminine] (Spanish), kiselplatta [common-gender] (Swedish), kiselskiva [common-gender] (Swedish), đĩa bán dẫn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-wafer-en-noun-Tx1GachM Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'electronics': 0 7 3 90
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈweɪfə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-wafer.ogg [US] Forms: wafers [present, singular, third-person], wafering [participle, present], wafered [participle, past], wafered [past]
Rhymes: -eɪfə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wafre}} Middle English wafre, {{der|en|xno|wafre}} Anglo-Norman wafre, {{m|fro|waufre}} waufre, {{cog|fro|gaufre}} Old French gaufre, {{cog|gml|wāfel}} Middle Low German wāfel, {{cog|dum|wafel||honeycomb}} Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), {{cog|vls|wafer}} West Flemish wafer, {{m|en|waffle}} waffle Head templates: {{en-verb}} wafer (third-person singular simple present wafers, present participle wafering, simple past and past participle wafered)
  1. (transitive) To seal or fasten with a wafer. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wafer-en-verb-Wt~J9BVh

Noun [French]

IPA: /wɛ.fœʁ/, /we.fœʁ/, /wa.fœʁ/, /wa.fɛʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-wafer.wav Forms: wafers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English wafer. Doublet of gaufre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|en|wafer|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English wafer, {{bor+|fr|en|wafer}} Borrowed from English wafer, {{doublet|fr|gaufre}} Doublet of gaufre Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} wafer m (plural wafers)
  1. wafer (electronic component) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wafer-fr-noun-i0bppbfD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈva.fer/
Rhymes: -afer Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English wafer. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|en|wafer}} Unadapted borrowing from English wafer Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} wafer m (invariable)
  1. wafer (biscuit and electronic component) Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-wafer-it-noun-cGnfDRm6 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wafer
  1. Alternative form of wafre Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wafre
    Sense id: en-wafer-enm-noun-j3-fB-cD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: wafers [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English wafer. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|wafer}} Unadapted borrowing from English wafer Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} wafer m (plural wafers)
  1. wafer (type of biscuit) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wafer-pt-noun-ocSOgXI4
  2. (electronics) wafer (disk on which an electronic circuit is produced) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-wafer-pt-noun-wwEDRRVk Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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        "A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion."
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        "(Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion."
      ],
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          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973 edition, page 202",
          "text": "The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost.",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "lump of sealing substance",
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pečátʹ",
          "sense": "lump of sealing substance",
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          "word": "печа́ть"
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        "1": "m",
        "2": "#s"
      },
      "expansion": "wafer m (plural wafers)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wafer (type of biscuit)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wafer",
          "wafer#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "pt:Electronics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wafer (disk on which an electronic circuit is produced)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "wafer",
          "wafer#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electronics) wafer (disk on which an electronic circuit is produced)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wafer"
}

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