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acker
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?a.k?/
- Rhymes: -æk?(r)
Etymology 1
Origin unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre.
Noun
acker (plural ackers)
- (regional, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 436:
- The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 436:
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
acker (plural ackers)
- Obsolete form of acre.
References
- G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon
See also
- ackers (“money”)
Anagrams
- Crake, Kacer, crake, creak
German
Verb
acker
- inflection of ackern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch akker, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros.
Noun
acker m
- field (for agriculture)
- acre
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: akker
- Limburgish: akker
Further reading
- “acker”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “acker”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German ackar.
Noun
acker m
- field, acre
Related terms
- ackerknëht
- ackerliute
- ackerman
- zackere, zacker
Descendants
- Cimbrian: akhar
- German: Acker
- Luxembourgish: Aker
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backer
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæk?(?)/
- Rhymes: -æk?(r)
Etymology 1
back +? -er
Noun
backer (plural backers)
- One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
Translations
Etymology 2
Adjective
backer
- (phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
- 2005, Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller, Phonetics for Communication Disorders, p. 174:
- /e?/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /?/.
- 2005, Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller, Phonetics for Communication Disorders, p. 174:
Anagrams
- reback
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