different between maser vs muser

English

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /?me?z?/
• Rhymes: -e?z?(r)

Etymology 1

From MASER, an acronym for "Microwave Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation".

Noun

maser (plural masers)

1. (physics) a device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation (especially of microwave frequency) by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems
2. (astronomy) Any celestial object that generates microwaves using the same method

Derived terms

Related terms

• laser

Translations

Etymology 2

See mazer.

Noun

maser (countable and uncountable, plural masers)

1. Obsolete spelling of mazer

Anagrams

• Mares, Marse, mares, marse, mears, rames, reams, smear

Finnish

Alternative forms

• maseri

Etymology

From English maser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??ser/, [?m??s?e?r]

Noun

maser

1. maser

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman macer.

Noun

maser

1. Alternative form of macer

Etymology 2

From Old English *maser, *mæser, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz; reinforced by Anglo-Norman mazer.

Alternative forms

• mazer, masere, masour, maserre, mazere, macer, macher, masowyr, mausure, mazre, mazar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?z?r/, /?ma?z??r/

Noun

maser (plural masers)

1. A maple bowl or cup, often with metal inlay; a mazer.
2. The wood of the maple tree or similar wood.
3. (rare, surgery) A artificial bone made of maple to repair skull injuries
4. (rare) The maple tree (Acer campestre)

Descendants

• English: mazer
• Scots: maser

References

• “m?s??r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

maser

1. present of mase

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French masseur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?se?r/
• Hyphenation: ma?ser

Noun

màs?r m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. masseur

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English musere, equivalent to muse +? -er.

Noun

muser (plural musers)

1. One who muses.

Anagrams

• Esrum, Mure?, Remus, Sumer, merus, mures, murse, resum, semur, serum

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ze/

Verb

muser

1. (intransitive) to wander about, usually aimlessly

   Synonyms: errer, flâner

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• meurs, mures, mûres, sérum, Sumer

Old French

Alternative forms

• amuser

Verb

muser

1. to ponder; to think about
2. to stare at in amazement
3. to loiter; waste time

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: amuser
  • French: amuser
  • ? Middle English: amusen
    • English: amuse
• Middle French: muser
  • French: muser
  • Italian: musare
• Norman: amuser, amûther
• Picard: amuseu, museu (Athois)
• Walloon: amûzer (Charleroi, Liégeois), amusè (Forrières)
• ? Middle Dutch: musen
  • Dutch: muizen
  • West Flemish: musen
• ? Middle English: musen, moysen, mousen
  • English: muse

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (muser)
• muser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub