different between dammer vs dimmer

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dammer, dammar, equivalent to dam +? -er.

Noun

dammer (plural dammers)

1. One who builds a dam.

Etymology 2

Noun

dammer (plural dammers)

1. Alternative form of damar

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• rammed

Danish

Noun

dammer c

1. indefinite plural of dam

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.m?r/
• Hyphenation: dam?mer
• Rhymes: -?m?r

Etymology 1

From dammen +? -er.

Noun

dammer m (plural dammers, diminutive dammertje n)

1. A player of checkers.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay damar, from Proto-Malayic *damar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dama?.

Noun

dammer m (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of damar.

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• dramme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dammer m

1. indefinite plural of dam

English

Etymology

dim +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?m??/
• Rhymes: -?m?(r)

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

Adjective

dimmer

1. comparative form of dim: more dim

Anagrams

• rimmed

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.m?r/
• Hyphenation: dim?mer
• Rhymes: -?m?r

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 main entry.

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 tense of dimma and dimme