"spawner" meaning in English

See spawner in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈspɔnɚ/ [General-American], /ˈspɔːnə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spawner.wav Forms: spawners [plural]
Etymology: From spawn + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|spawn|-er|id2=agent noun}} spawn + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} spawner (plural spawners)
  1. (fishing) A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn Synonyms: henfish, hen Translations (Translations): kʼuunʼi (Athna), hunfisk [common-gender] (Danish), kuiter [feminine] (Dutch), fiŝino (Esperanto), Rogener [masculine] (German), Rogner [masculine] (German), Rogenfisch [masculine] (German), hrygna [feminine] (Icelandic), sgwemegw (Mi'kmaq), hunnfisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hofisk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), peixa (Portuguese), peștoaică (Romanian), fit [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hifit [masculine] (Volapük), jifit [feminine] (Volapük), salm (alt: ♂♀ salmon) (Volapük), hisalm (alt: ♂ salmon) (Volapük), jisalm [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-spawner-en-noun-kOrNBAqd Categories (other): Fishing, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ahtna translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Mi'kmaq translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Female animals, Fish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 46 30 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 32 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 30 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ahtna translations: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 62 21 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 58 23 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 60 22 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 58 23 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mi'kmaq translations: 58 23 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 57 24 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 23 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 58 23 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 60 23 18 Disambiguation of Female animals: 83 9 7 Disambiguation of Fish: 83 10 7 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'Translations': 54 26 20
  2. (computing) A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
    Sense id: en-spawner-en-noun-OGpAg~Qs Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 29 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (video games) An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.
    Sense id: en-spawner-en-noun-peVoKZix Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 29 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spawn",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "spawn + -er",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From spawn + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spawners",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spawner (plural spawners)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fishing",
          "orig": "en:Fishing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 30 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 32 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 38 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 30 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 23 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ahtna translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 21 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 22 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 24 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mi'kmaq translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 24 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 24 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 23 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Volapük translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Female animals",
          "orig": "en:Female animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 10 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fish",
          "orig": "en:Fish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn"
      ],
      "id": "en-spawner-en-noun-kOrNBAqd",
      "links": [
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "salmon",
          "salmon"
        ],
        [
          "spawn",
          "spawn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "henfish"
        },
        {
          "word": "hen"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "aht",
          "lang": "Athna",
          "lang_code": "aht",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kʼuunʼi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hunfisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kuiter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "fiŝino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rogener"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rogner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rogenfisch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hrygna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "mic",
          "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
          "lang_code": "mic",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "sgwemegw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hunnfisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hofisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "peixa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "peștoaică"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "lang_code": "vo",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "lang_code": "vo",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hifit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "lang_code": "vo",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jifit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "alt": "♂♀ salmon",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "lang_code": "vo",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "salm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "alt": "♂ salmon",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "lang_code": "vo",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "hisalm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 26 20",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "lang_code": "vo",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jisalm"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 38 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A program which spawns objects or processes as needed"
      ],
      "id": "en-spawner-en-noun-OGpAg~Qs",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "spawn",
          "spawn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A program which spawns objects or processes as needed"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Video games",
          "orig": "en:Video games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 38 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              130,
              138
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2006, Alice J. Robison, Inventing fun: videogame design as a writing process, page 77:",
          "text": "[…] at this point, there are enemy birds that fly out of the pipe and attack the player's avatar. The pipes themselves are \"enemy spawners\" […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects."
      ],
      "id": "en-spawner-en-noun-peVoKZix",
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spawner.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spawner.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spawner.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spawner.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spawner.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɔnɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɔːnə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spawner"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Ahtna translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Mi'kmaq translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss",
    "en:Female animals",
    "en:Fish"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spawn",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "spawn + -er",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From spawn + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spawners",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spawner (plural spawners)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Fishing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "salmon",
          "salmon"
        ],
        [
          "spawn",
          "spawn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "henfish"
        },
        {
          "word": "hen"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A program which spawns objects or processes as needed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "spawn",
          "spawn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A program which spawns objects or processes as needed"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Video games"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              130,
              138
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2006, Alice J. Robison, Inventing fun: videogame design as a writing process, page 77:",
          "text": "[…] at this point, there are enemy birds that fly out of the pipe and attack the player's avatar. The pipes themselves are \"enemy spawners\" […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spawner.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spawner.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spawner.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spawner.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spawner.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɔnɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɔːnə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "aht",
      "lang": "Athna",
      "lang_code": "aht",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kʼuunʼi"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hunfisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kuiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fiŝino"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rogener"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rogner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rogenfisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hrygna"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "lang_code": "mic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sgwemegw"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hunnfisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hofisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "peixa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "peștoaică"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hifit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jifit"
    },
    {
      "alt": "♂♀ salmon",
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "salm"
    },
    {
      "alt": "♂ salmon",
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hisalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jisalm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spawner"
}

Download raw JSONL data for spawner meaning in English (5.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-11-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-11-20 using wiktextract (5887622 and c6a903f). 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.