different between auger vs aeger

English

Alternative forms

• augre

Etymology

From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafog?r (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-Germanic *nab?gaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????(?)/
• Rhymes: -????(?)
• Homophone: augur

Noun

auger (plural augers)

1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231

     Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.

2. A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
3. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
4. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

Translations

Verb

auger (third-person singular simple present augers, present participle augering, simple past and past participle augered)

1. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
2. To proceed in the manner of an auger.

Coordinate terms

• gimlet

Derived terms

• auger in

Translations

Anagrams

• Argue, Gauer, Graue, argue, augre, rugae

French

Etymology

From auge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.?e/

Verb

auger

1. to dig in order to get the shape of a trough
2. to bend a piece of flat iron into the shape of a gutter, of an eavestrough

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written auge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Anagrams

• argue, argué
• urgea

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

auger

1. (nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auga
2. (nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auge

English

Etymology

From Latin aeger (“sick”).

Adjective

aeger (not comparable)

1. (dated, Britain school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
2. (dated, Britain school slang) Relating to such an excused absence

Noun

aeger (plural aegers)

1. (dated, Britain school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
2. (dated, Britain school slang) A note excusing a student from classes due to illness
3. (dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent

Related terms

• aegrotat

Anagrams

• Eager, agree, eager, eagre, geare

Latin

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Italic *aigros, from Proto-Indo-European *h?eygros, from *h?eyg-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ae?.?er/, [?äe???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.d??er/, [???d???r]

Adjective

aeger (feminine aegra, neuter aegrum, comparative aegrior, superlative aegerrimus, adverb aegr?); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. sick, ill
2. (figuratively) difficult, reluctant, troublesome
3. (figuratively) anxious, troubled, sad

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Noun

aeger m (genitive aegr?); second declension

1. sick person, invalid

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

Related terms

• aegresc?
• aegrotaticius
• aegr?t?ti?
• aegr?t?

Descendants

• English: aeger
• Italian: egro
• Portuguese: egro

References

• aeger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aeger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aeger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.