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pager

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /peɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • pāʹjər
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪdʒə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: P EY1 JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Acronym of Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response, a monitoring system for earthquakes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beeper

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

One who makes up type into pages of a book; one who binds or sorts pages into a book.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arts, bookbinding, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beeper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electronic device

History

Etymology

From page + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 3).

Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِيْجِر (beyjer) — device
  • Arabic: بِيْجِر (peyjer) — device
  • Arabic: مُنَادٍ (munādin) — device
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܵܣܡܲܠܵܠܵܐ (prasmālala) — device
  • Armenian: փեյջեր (pʻeyǰer) — device
  • Azerbaijani: peycer — device
  • Belarusian: пэ́йджар (péjdžar) — device
  • Bulgarian: пе́йджър (péjdžǎr) — device
  • Catalan: cercapersones — device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 傳呼機 /传呼机 (cyun4 fu1 gei1) — device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 呼叫器 (fu1 giu3 hei3) — device
  • Chinese Cantonese: call機 /call机 — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 呼叫器 (hūjiàoqì) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: BB機 /BB机 (bībī-jī) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: BP機 /BP机 (bīpī-jī) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳呼機 /传呼机 (chuánhūjī) — device
  • Czech: pager — device
  • Danish: personsøger — device
  • Dutch: bieper — device
  • Dutch: pieper — device
  • Dutch: semafoon — device
  • Esperanto: poŝmesaĝilo — device
  • Estonian: pager — device
  • Finnish: hakulaite — device
  • French: bip — device
  • French: téléavertisseur — device
  • French: pager — device
  • French: bipeur — device
  • Georgian: პეიჯერი (ṗeiǯeri) — device
  • German: Piepser — device
  • German: Taschenpiepser — device
  • German: Rufgerät — device
  • German: Pager — device
  • German: Funkmeldeempfänger — device
  • German: FME — device
  • Greek: τηλεειδοποιητής (tileeidopoiitís) — device
  • Greek: βομβητής (vomvitís) — device
  • Hebrew: איתורית (iturít) — device
  • Hebrew: זמונית \ זִמּוּנִית (zimunít) — device
  • Hindi: पेजर (pejar) — device
  • Hungarian: csipogó — device
  • Icelandic: símboði — device
  • Indonesian: penyeranta — device
  • Indonesian: radio panggil — device
  • Italian: cercapersone — device
  • Japanese: ポケットベル (pokettoberu) — device
  • Japanese: ポケベル (pokeberu) — device
  • Japanese: ページャ (pēja) — device
  • Japanese: 無線呼び出し (musen yobidashi) — device
  • Kazakh: пейджер (peidjer) — device
  • Korean: 무선호출기 (museonhochulgi) — device
  • Korean: 호출기 (hochulgi) — device
  • Korean: 삐삐 (ppippi) — device
  • Kyrgyz: пейджер (peydjer) — device
  • Latvian: peidžeris — device
  • Latvian: peidžers — device
  • Lithuanian: peidžeris — device
  • Macedonian: пејџер (pejdžer) — device
  • Malay: alat kelui — device
  • Māori: pūoho — device
  • Mongolian: пейжер (pejžer) — device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: personsøker — device
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: personsøkjar — device
  • Iranian Persian: پِیْجِر (peyjer) — device
  • Iranian Persian: پیجو (pey-ju) — device
  • Polish: pager — device
  • Portuguese: pager — device
  • Russian: пе́йджер (pɛ́jdžer) — device
  • Serbo-Croatian: пе́јџер — device
  • Serbo-Croatian: péjdžer — device
  • Slovak: pager — device
  • Slovene: pozivnik — device
  • Spanish: buscapersonas — device
  • Spanish: bíper — device
  • Spanish: busca — device
  • Spanish: mensáfono — device
  • Swedish: personsökare — device
  • Tajik: пейжер (peyžer) — device
  • Thai: เพจเจอร์ (pèet-jə̂ə) — device
  • Turkish: çağrı cihazı — device
  • Ukrainian: пе́йджер (péjdžer) — device
  • Urdu: پیجَر (pejar) — device
  • Uyghur: چاقىرغۇ (chaqirghu) — device
  • Uzbek: peyjer — device
  • Vietnamese: máy nhắn tin — device
  • Xibe: ᠪᡞ ᡦᡞ ᡪᡞ (bi pi ji) — device