name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decker
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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General-American: /ˈdɛkɚ/
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/ˈdɛkə(ɹ)/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛkə(ɹ)
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homophone: deca (non-rhotic)
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CMU ARPABET: D EH1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a table decker
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Something having a certain number of levels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We traveled in a double-decker bus.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
(often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they rode in a double-decker bus
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artifact, artefact
noun
Meaning 6
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Dekker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dramatist, playwright, pamphleteer
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English deck 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 decker From deck (verb) + -er.
Etymology tree English deck 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 decker From deck (noun) + -er.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: -kerroksinen — Something having a certain number of levels
Real reading context