asker
See also: Asker
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæsk.ɚ/
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːsk.ə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English asker, axer, equivalent to ask + -er.
NounEdit
asker (plural askers)
TranslationsEdit
person who asks a question
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Etymology 2Edit
From ask (“newt”), with uncertain suffix.
NounEdit
asker (plural askers)
- (England dialect, Wales) A newt. [from 14th c.]
- 2018 April 21, Sara Hudston, The Guardian:
- Great crested newts, “askers”, used to be common in the Marshwood Vale.
AnagramsEdit
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic عَسْكَر (ʿaskar, “army”).
NounEdit
asker
DeclensionEdit
Declension of asker
nominative | asker |
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genitive | askerniñ |
dative | askerge |
accusative | askerni |
locative | askerde |
ablative | askerden |
DanishEdit
NounEdit
asker c pl
- plural indefinite of aske
VerbEdit
asker
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
asker (plural askers)
- One who prays towards or supplicates a divinity.
- One who criticises, reviews, or examines; a checker.
- A litigant; one who begins legal action or one hired by such a person.
- (rare) An extortionist; one who requires excessive charges.
- (rare) One who asks or questions; an asker.
- (rare) One who levies dues or fees.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “asker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-10.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
asker m pl
- indefinite plural of ask
Old SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.
NounEdit
asker m
DeclensionEdit
Declension of asker (a-stem)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | asker | askrin | aska(r) | askani(r), -ane(r) |
accusative | ask | askin | aska | askana |
dative | aski, -e | askinum, -enom | askum, -om | askumin, -omen |
genitive | asks | asksins | aska | askanna |
DescendantsEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish عسكر (asker), from Arabic عَسْكَر (ʿaskar, “army”), from Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
asker (definite accusative askeri, plural askerler)