"keyer" meaning in English

See keyer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} keyer
  1. comparative form of key: more key Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: key (extra: more key)
    Sense id: en-keyer-en-adj-jFFELiUj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Computer hardware Disambiguation of Computer hardware: 0 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: keyers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *kaiju Old English cǣġ Middle English keye English key English -er English keyer From key + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|key|-er|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *kaiju Old English cǣġ Middle English keye English key English -er English keyer [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "cǣġ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "keye", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "key", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "keyer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="keyer"> From key + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} keyer (plural keyers)
  1. One who, or that which, keys.
    Sense id: en-keyer-en-noun-3v2bIcGB
  2. A device for signalling by pressing keys or switches.
    Sense id: en-keyer-en-noun-0x4~5UML
  3. (television) A device that replaces a fixed colour in the image with some other picture or background; chromakeyer.
    Sense id: en-keyer-en-noun-9hNzfd6p Categories (other): Television, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 28 11 61 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 30 11 60 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 30 11 59 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 30 11 59 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 29 10 60 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 28 8 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 28 21 51 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 22 8 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 13 5 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 23 4 71 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 7 75 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 16 6 78 Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Computer hardware Disambiguation of Computer hardware: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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