different between racer vs raver

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.
   • 2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D (page 102)

     For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]

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

Etymology

From Middle English ravere, ravare, rafar, equivalent to rave +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?v?(r)

Noun

raver (plural ravers)

1. A person who attends rave parties, or who belongs to that subculture.
   • 2005, Theunis Bates, "iPod is a DJ," Time, 10 Oct.:

     The life of a superstar DJ sounds like one endless party. You get to travel the world, perform for thousands of scantily clad ravers, and earn a stack of money.
2. A person who raves or rants.

Derived terms

• candy raver

Danish

Verb

raver

1. present of rave