different between racer vs pacer

English

Etymology

race +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??e?s?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??e?s??/

Noun

racer (plural racers)

1. Someone who takes part in a race.
2. A racehorse.
3. A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
4. An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc.
5. Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
6. (video games, informal) A video game involving racing of any kind.
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Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (r?s?)

Translations

Anagrams

• Cerra, Crear, carer, crare

Danish

Etymology 1

From English racer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????s?]

Noun

racer c (singular definite raceren, plural indefinite racere)

1. racer

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????s?]

Noun

racer c

1. indefinite plural of race

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????s?]

Verb

racer

1. present of race

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English racer. Equivalent to racen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?.s?r/
• Hyphenation: ra?cer

Noun

racer m (plural racers)

1. A racer, one who races.

Derived terms

• straatracer

French

Etymology

From English racer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.sœ?/

Noun

racer m (plural racers)

1. racecar
2. (any kind of) vehicle used for racing, racer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• carre, carré

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

pace +? -er

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. One who paces.
2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
3. A pacemaker.

Etymology 2

From the brand name Pacer.

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. (Australia) A mechanical pencil.

References

• Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pacer (accessed: April 07, 2007).

Anagrams

• caper, crape, recap

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese pascer), from Latin p?scere, present active infinitive of p?sc? (compare Spanish pacer).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazo, first-person singular preterite pacín, past participle pacido)

1. to graze, to pasture
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pacer
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of pacer

Conjugation

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura

Latin

Verb

p?cer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of p?c?

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin p?scere, present active infinitive of p?sc?, from Proto-Italic *p?sk?, from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to protect”).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazco, first-person singular preterite pací, past participle pacido)

1. to graze, to pasture
2. to put out to pasture
3. to eat away, to nibble, to gnaw

Conjugation

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura