"forager" meaning in English

See forager in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ/ [General-American], [ˈfo̞ɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ] [General-American], /ˈfɑɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ/ [Ireland, New-York-City] Audio: En-us-forager.ogg [US] Forms: foragers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English forage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English forager From forage + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|forage|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English forage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English forager [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "forager", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="forager"> From forage + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} forager (plural foragers)
  1. An animal or person who forages. Translations (person who forages): furrier [masculine] (Catalan), ruoanetsijä (Finnish), keräilijä (Finnish), glaneur [masculine] (French), fourrier [masculine] (French), fourrageur [masculine] (French), sirtheoir [masculine] (Irish), foraggiere [masculine] (Italian), pābulātor [masculine] (Latin), furażer [masculine] (Polish), фуражи́р (furažír) [masculine] (Russian), збира́ч (zbyráč) (Ukrainian)

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