different between dormer vs ormer

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle French dormoir (“sleeping room”), from dormir (“to sleep”)

Noun

dormer (plural dormers)

1. (architecture) A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.
2. (architecture) Ellipsis of dormer-window.

Translations

Etymology 2

dorm +? -er

Noun

dormer (plural dormers)

1. (Philippines) A resident of a dormitory.

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Anagrams

• remord

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin dorm?re, present active infinitive of dormi?.

Verb

dormer (second person singular present duarmi, past participle dormait)

1. to sleep

Conjugation

English

Etymology

From Norman ormèr/ormer, variants of French ormier, contraction of oreille-de-mer, from Late Latin *auris maris (“ear of the sea”), from Latin auris (“ear”) + mare (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???m?/

Noun

ormer (plural ormers)

1. An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 16:

     The food I like best of all foods is ormers; but you can't always get them.

Synonyms

• abalone
• sea-ear
• ear shell

Anagrams

• Romer

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ormer m

1. indefinite plural of orm