noun
Meaning 1
One who makes announcements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- radio announcer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
announcer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈnaʊnsə/
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General-American: /əˈnaʊnsɚ/
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rhymes with -aʊnsə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N AW1 N S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
reads news, commercials on radio or television
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: broadcaster
Narrower terms: newscaster, radio announcer, sports announcer, sportscaster, sports commentator, tv announcer, television announcer
noun
Meaning 3
someone who proclaims a message publicly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communicator
Narrower terms: caller, caller-out, muezzin, muazzin, muadhdhin, town crier, crier
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English announcer From announce + -er.
Across languages
Translations
191 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُذِيع (muḏīʕ) — announcer
- Arabic: مُذِيعَة (muḏīʕa) — announcer
- Armenian: հաղորդավար (haġordavar) — announcer
- Belarusian: ды́ктар (dýktar) — announcer
- Belarusian: ды́ктарка (dýktarka) — announcer
- Catalan: anunciant — announcer
- Chinese Mandarin: 播音員 /播音员 (bōyīnyuán) — announcer
- Chinese Mandarin: 廣播員 /广播员 (guǎngbōyuán) — announcer
- Chinese Mandarin: 報幕員 /报幕员 (bàomùyuán) — announcer
- Esperanto: anoncisto — announcer
- Esperanto: anoncistino — announcer
- Finnish: kuuluttaja — announcer
- French: annonceur — announcer
- French: présentateur — announcer
- French: speaker — announcer
- German: Ansager — announcer
- German: Sprecher — announcer
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌰 (spilla) — announcer
- Greek: εκφωνητής (ekfonitís) — announcer
- Hindi: प्रस्तुतकर्ता (prastutkartā) — announcer
- Hungarian: bemondó — announcer
- Hungarian: bemondónő — announcer
- Irish: bolscaire — announcer
- Italian: annunciatore — announcer
- Japanese: アナウンサー (anaunsā) — announcer
- Korean: 아나운서 (anaunseo) — announcer
- Macedonian: објавувач (objavuvač) — announcer
- Macedonian: објавувачка (objavuvačka) — announcer
- Māori: kaipānui — announcer
- Plautdietsch: Aunsaja — announcer
- Polish: spiker — announcer
- Polish: spikerka — announcer
- Portuguese: anunciante — announcer
- Portuguese: anunciador — announcer
- Romanian: anunțător — announcer
- Romanian: prevestitor — announcer
- Romanian: vestitor — announcer
- Russian: ди́ктор (díktor) — announcer
- Russian: ди́кторша (díktorša) — announcer
- Sanskrit: घोषक (ghoṣaka) — announcer
- Spanish: anunciador — announcer
- Spanish: locutor — announcer
- Tok Pisin: anaunsa — announcer
- Ukrainian: ди́ктор (dýktor) — announcer
- Ukrainian: ди́кторка (dýktorka) — announcer
- Albanian: folës — TV or radio announcer
- Albanian: spiker — TV or radio announcer
- Arabic: مُذِيع (muḏīʕ) — TV or radio announcer
- Arabic: مُذِيعَة (muḏīʕa) — TV or radio announcer
- Armenian: հաղորդավար (haġordavar) — TV or radio announcer
- Armenian: դիկտոր (diktor) — TV or radio announcer
- Azerbaijani: diktor — TV or radio announcer
- Azerbaijani: guyəndə — TV or radio announcer
- Azerbaijani: aparıcı — TV or radio announcer
- Belarusian: ды́ктар (dýktar) — TV or radio announcer
- Belarusian: ды́ктарка (dýktarka) — TV or radio announcer
- Belarusian: вяду́чы (vjadúčy) — TV or radio announcer
- Belarusian: вяду́чая (vjadúčaja) — TV or radio announcer
- Belarusian: вядо́ўца (vjadówca) — TV or radio announcer
- Bengali: ঘোষক (ghōśok) — TV or radio announcer
- Bengali: উপস্থাপক (uposthapok) — TV or radio announcer
- Bulgarian: ди́ктор (díktor) — TV or radio announcer
- Bulgarian: ди́кторка (díktorka) — TV or radio announcer
- Bulgarian: спи́кер (spíker) — TV or radio announcer
- Bulgarian: спи́керка (spíkerka) — TV or radio announcer
- Burmese: ကြေညာသူ (kre-nyasu) — TV or radio announcer
- Chinese Mandarin: 主持人 (zhǔchírén) — TV or radio announcer
- Chinese Mandarin: 播音員 /播音员 (bōyīnyuán, bòyīnyuán) — TV or radio announcer
- Chinese Mandarin: 主播 (zhǔbō) — TV or radio announcer
- Czech: hlasatel — TV or radio announcer
- Czech: hlasatelka — TV or radio announcer
- Danish: speaker — TV or radio announcer
- Danish: annonsør — TV or radio announcer
- Dutch: omroeper — TV or radio announcer
- Esperanto: anoncisto — TV or radio announcer
- Esperanto: anoncistino — TV or radio announcer
- Estonian: diktor — TV or radio announcer
- Finnish: kuuluttaja — TV or radio announcer
- French: speaker — TV or radio announcer
- French: speakerine — TV or radio announcer
- French: annonceur — TV or radio announcer
- French: annonceuse — TV or radio announcer
- French: présentateur — TV or radio announcer
- French: présentatrice — TV or radio announcer
- Georgian: დიქტორი (dikṭori) — TV or radio announcer
- German: Ansager — TV or radio announcer
- German: Ansagerin — TV or radio announcer
- Greek: εκφωνητής (ekfonitís) — TV or radio announcer
- Greek: εκφωνήτρια (ekfonítria) — TV or radio announcer
- Hebrew: קריין — TV or radio announcer
- Hebrew: קַרְיָן (karyán) — TV or radio announcer
- Hindi: उद्घोषक (udghoṣak) — TV or radio announcer
- Hindi: अनाउन्सार (anāunsār) — TV or radio announcer
- Hindi: प्रस्तुतकर्ता (prastutkartā) — TV or radio announcer
- Hindi: घोषक (ghoṣak) — TV or radio announcer
- Hindi: घोषिका (ghoṣikā) — TV or radio announcer
- Hungarian: bemondó — TV or radio announcer
- Hungarian: bemondónő — TV or radio announcer
- Hungarian: tévébemondó — TV or radio announcer
- Hungarian: műsorközlő — TV or radio announcer
- Icelandic: kynnir — TV or radio announcer
- Icelandic: þulur — TV or radio announcer
- Indonesian: penyiar — TV or radio announcer
- Irish: láithreoir — TV or radio announcer
- Italian: annunciatore — TV or radio announcer
- Italian: annunciatrice — TV or radio announcer
- Italian: presentatore — TV or radio announcer
- Italian: presentatrice — TV or radio announcer
- Italian: speaker — TV or radio announcer
- Japanese: アナウンサー (anaunsā) — TV or radio announcer
- Kazakh: диктор (diktor) — TV or radio announcer
- Khmer: អ្នកផ្សាយ (nĕək phsaay) — TV or radio announcer
- Korean: 아나운서 (anaunseo) — TV or radio announcer
- Korean: 방송원 (bangsong'won) — TV or radio announcer
- Northern Kurdish: pêşkêşvan — TV or radio announcer
- Northern Kurdish: spîker — TV or radio announcer
- Kyrgyz: диктор (diktor) — TV or radio announcer
- Lao: ຜູ້ປະກາດ (phū pa kāt) — TV or radio announcer
- Latvian: diktors — TV or radio announcer
- Latvian: diktore — TV or radio announcer
- Lithuanian: diktorius — TV or radio announcer
- Lithuanian: diktorė — TV or radio announcer
- Macedonian: водител (voditel) — TV or radio announcer
- Macedonian: водителка (voditelka) — TV or radio announcer
- Macedonian: спикер (spiker) — TV or radio announcer
- Macedonian: спикерка (spikerka) — TV or radio announcer
- Malay: juruhebah — TV or radio announcer
- Maltese: annunzjatur — TV or radio announcer
- Māori: kaiwhakataki — TV or radio announcer
- Mongolian: хөтлөгч (xötlögč) — TV or radio announcer
- Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠲᠦᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ (kötülügči) — TV or radio announcer
- Norman: annonceux — TV or radio announcer
- Norwegian Bokmål: annonsør — TV or radio announcer
- Norwegian Bokmål: speaker — TV or radio announcer
- Pashto: وياند (wiyānd) — TV or radio announcer
- Pashto: ويانده (wiyānda) — TV or radio announcer
- Pashto: اعلان کوونکی (e’lān kawúnkay) — TV or radio announcer
- Pashto: اناونسر (anāwnsar) — TV or radio announcer
- Dari: گویَنْدَه (gōyanda) — TV or radio announcer
- Iranian Persian: گویَنْدِه (guyande) — TV or radio announcer
- Plautdietsch: Aunsaja — TV or radio announcer
- Polish: konferansjer — TV or radio announcer
- Polish: konferansjerka — TV or radio announcer
- Polish: spiker — TV or radio announcer
- Polish: spikerka — TV or radio announcer
- Portuguese: locutor — TV or radio announcer
- Portuguese: locutora — TV or radio announcer
- Portuguese: apresentador — TV or radio announcer
- Portuguese: apresentadora — TV or radio announcer
- Romanian: prezentator — TV or radio announcer
- Romanian: prezentatoare — TV or radio announcer
- Romanian: crainic — TV or radio announcer
- Romanian: crainică — TV or radio announcer
- Romanian: spicher — TV or radio announcer
- Russian: ди́ктор (díktor) — TV or radio announcer
- Russian: ди́кторша (díktorša) — TV or radio announcer
- Russian: веду́щий (vedúščij) — TV or radio announcer
- Russian: веду́щая (vedúščaja) — TV or radio announcer
- Serbo-Croatian: во̀дитељ — TV or radio announcer
- Serbo-Croatian: водитѐљица — TV or radio announcer
- Serbo-Croatian: спи̏кер — TV or radio announcer
- Serbo-Croatian: спи̏керица — TV or radio announcer
- Serbo-Croatian: vòditelj — TV or radio announcer
- Serbo-Croatian: voditèljica — TV or radio announcer
- Serbo-Croatian: spȉker — TV or radio announcer
- Serbo-Croatian: spȉkerica — TV or radio announcer
- Slovak: hlásateľ — TV or radio announcer
- Slovak: hlásateľka — TV or radio announcer
- Slovene: napovedovalec — TV or radio announcer
- Slovene: napovedovalka — TV or radio announcer
- Spanish: comentarista — TV or radio announcer
- Spanish: presentador — TV or radio announcer
- Spanish: presentadora — TV or radio announcer
- Swedish: presentatör — TV or radio announcer
- Swedish: speaker — TV or radio announcer
- Tajik: диктор (diktor) — TV or radio announcer
- Tajik: гӯянда (güyanda) — TV or radio announcer
- Thai: ผู้ประกาศ (pûu-bprà-gàat) — TV or radio announcer
- Turkish: sunucu — TV or radio announcer
- Turkish: spiker — TV or radio announcer
- Turkmen: diktor — TV or radio announcer
- Ukrainian: ди́ктор (dýktor) — TV or radio announcer
- Ukrainian: ди́кторка (dýktorka) — TV or radio announcer
- Ukrainian: веду́чий (vedúčyj) — TV or radio announcer
- Ukrainian: веду́ча (vedúča) — TV or radio announcer
- Urdu: نَشَر کار (naśar kār) — TV or radio announcer
- Urdu: اَناؤُنْسَر (anāunsar) — TV or radio announcer
- Urdu: میزْبان (mezbān) — TV or radio announcer
- Uyghur: دىكتور (diktor) — TV or radio announcer
- Uzbek: diktor — TV or radio announcer
- Vietnamese: phát thanh viên — TV or radio announcer
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