different between flanger vs franger

English

Etymology

flange +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?flæn.d??(?)/

Noun

flanger (plural flangers)

1. (music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
2. (US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.

English

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps an alteration of french letter.

Noun

franger (plural frangers)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A condom.
   • 2001, Bryce Courtenay, Four Fires, unnumbered page,

     The barber would say while he was cutting a grown-up?s hair, ‘Do you need any home supplies, sir?’ which is the secret code for a packet of frangers.

   • Gone are the terms we used in our youth the frenchies, frangers, rubbers, joes, french letters, gumboots, rubbers, johnnies, parachutes and plastic fantastics -- these days they're just condoms.

Derived terms

• foot franger

References

Anagrams

• granfer

French

Etymology

frange +? -er

Verb

franger

1. to fringe

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written frange- 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.

Further reading

• “franger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).