"flanger" meaning in English

See flanger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: flangers [plural]
Etymology: From flange + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flange|er|id2=agent noun}} flange + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} flanger (plural flangers)
  1. (music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
    Sense id: en-flanger-en-noun-bDAlI0n7 Categories (other): Music, Winter Disambiguation of Winter: 55 45 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-flanger-en-noun-pWplEew2 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Rail transportation, Winter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 11 89 Disambiguation of Winter: 55 45

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flange",
        "3": "er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "flange + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flange + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flangers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flanger (plural flangers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Winter",
          "orig": "en:Winter",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound."
      ],
      "id": "en-flanger-en-noun-bDAlI0n7",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "en:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Winter",
          "orig": "en:Winter",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines."
      ],
      "id": "en-flanger-en-noun-pWplEew2",
      "links": [
        [
          "railway line",
          "railway line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flanger"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Rail transportation",
    "en:Winter"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flange",
        "3": "er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "flange + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flange + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flangers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flanger (plural flangers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "railway line",
          "railway line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flanger"
}

Download raw JSONL data for flanger meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.