dimmer

See also: Dimmer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪmɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪmə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From dim (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

dimmer (plural dimmers)

1. A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light
2. A switch used to select between the low and high headlamp beam on a road vehicle. (usually as "dimmer switch", primarily in North America; elsewhere "dipswitch" or "dipper switch")

Related terms

• dimmer switch
• dipswitch
• dipper

Translations

Rheostat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調光器／调光器 (tiáoguāngqì)

• Dutch: dimmer (nl)
• Finnish: himmennin (fi)
• French: gradateur (fr) m, variateur (fr) m
• German: Dimmer (de) m
• Italian: reostato (it) m, potenziometro (it) m
• Japanese: 調光器 (ちょうこうき, chōkōki)
• Korean: 감광(感光) 스위치 (gamgwang seuwichi)
• Persian: دیمر (dimer)
• Russian: ди́ммер (ru) (dímmer)
• Spanish: dímer (es) m, regulador
• Swedish: dimmer (sv) c
• Turkish: dimmer (tr)

Etymology 2

From dim (adjective) +‎ -er.

Adjective

dimmer

1. comparative form of dim: more dim

Anagrams

• rimmed

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dimmer. Equivalent to dimmen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ.mər/

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• Hyphenation: dim‧mer
• Rhymes: -ɪmər

Noun

dimmer m (plural dimmers)

1. A dimmer (rheostat).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English dimmer.

Noun

dimmer m (definite singular dimmeren, indefinite plural dimmere, definite plural dimmerne)

1. a dimmer switch

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dimmer m or f

1. indefinite plural of dimme

Verb

dimmer

1. present tense of dimme
2. present tense of dimme

References

• “dimmer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dimmer f

1. indefinite plural of dimme

Verb

dimmer

1. present of dimma