different between pinger vs singer

English

Etymology

From ping +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???(r)

Noun

pinger (plural pingers)

1. A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems.

   We couldn't take the boat into the shallows near the reef because our sonar pinger was broken.

2. A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking.

   The scientist attached a pinger to the carapace of the sea turtle to track its migration.

3. A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.

   Some people like fancy pingers with extra features, but I always use the default ping application.

4. A user of a ping program; one who pings.

   Every time we replace the main page, we get flooded with pingers making sure our web site is still there.

5. (slang) An illicit drug, especially ecstasy, taken for recreational purposes.

   That was a great party. Everyone took a pinger or two.

Anagrams

• preing

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin pingo / pingere.

Verb

pinger

1. to paint

Conjugation

Related terms

• pictor

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing +? -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s???/
• (General American) enPR: s?ng??r IPA^(key): /?s???/
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who sings, often professionally.
2. (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.

Synonyms

• (person who sings): cantor, chanter

Hyponyms

• (person who sings):
  • (female): cantrix (archaic), chanteuse, chantress, singeress (obsolete, rare), songstress
  • (male): songster

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (shing?)

Translations

Etymology 2

From singe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nd???(?)/
• Rhymes: -?nd??(?)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who, or device which, singes.
2. A machine for singeing cloth.

Translations

Anagrams

• Greins, Negris, nigres, re-nigs, re-sign, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, ringes, signer

French

Etymology

In at least the ape sense, from singe (“monkey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.?e/

Verb

singer

1. to ape
2. to sprinkle with flour

Conjugation

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

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

Anagrams

• signer