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wafer
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German w?fel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?we?f?/
- Rhymes: -e?f?(?)
Noun
wafer (plural wafers)
- A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
- (Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
- A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 202:
- The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 202:
- (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
Synonyms
- (religion): host
Derived terms
- waferless
- waferlike
- wafery
Translations
Verb
wafer (third-person singular simple present wafers, present participle wafering, simple past and past participle wafered)
- (transitive) To seal or fasten with a wafer.
- 1775, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 4 March:
- [M]y Father, who knew he was well, wafered the paragraph upon a sheet of paper, and sent to his Lodgings.
- 1913, Joseph Conrad, Chance, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, p. 81:
- [T]he beginning of de Barral's end became manifest to the public in the shape of a half-sheet of note-paper wafered by the four corners on the closed door […].
- 1775, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 4 March:
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English wafer.
Noun
wafer m (plural wafers)
- wafer (electronic component)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English wafer.
Noun
wafer m (invariable)
- wafer (biscuit and electronic component)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English wafer.
Noun
wafer m (plural wafers)
- wafer (type of biscuit)
- (electronics) wafer (disk on which an electronic circuit is produced)
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safer
English
Adjective
safer
- comparative form of safe: more safe
Anagrams
- Afers, Fears, Feras, Frase, SAfrE, fares, farse, fears, reafs
Middle English
Noun
safer
- Alternative form of saffron
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (safer), from Arabic ?????? (?afar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?fer/
- Hyphenation: sa?fer
Noun
sàfer m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- Safar, the second month of the Islamic calendar.
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (?afar).
Noun
safer (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})
- Safar, the second month of the Islamic calendar.
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