noun
Meaning 1
One who retrieves something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
retriever
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.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/
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General-American: /ɹɪ-/
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General-American: /ɹə-/
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rhymes with -iːvə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 T R IY1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gun dog, hunting dog, dog, hound
noun
Meaning 3
A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
Meaning 4
a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sporting dog, gun dog
Narrower terms: flat-coated retriever, curly-coated retriever, golden retriever, Labrador retriever, Chesapeake Bay retriever
History
Etymology
From retrieve + -er.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ռետրիվեր (ṙetriver) — a type of dog
- Catalan: gos cobrador — a type of dog
- Chinese Mandarin: 尋回犬 /寻回犬 (xúnhuíquǎn) — a type of dog
- Czech: retrívr — a type of dog
- Dutch: retriever — a type of dog
- Estonian: retriiver — a type of dog
- Finnish: noutaja — a type of dog
- French: retriever — a type of dog
- German: Retriever — a type of dog
- German: Apportierhund — a type of dog
- Japanese: レトリバー (retoribā) — a type of dog
- Korean: 리트리버 (riteuribeo) — a type of dog
- Macedonian: ретривер (retriver) — a type of dog
- Malay: anjing pengutip — a type of dog
- Navajo: łééchąąʼí bił nidaʼazheehígíí — a type of dog
- Plautdietsch: Steewelhunt — a type of dog
- Polish: aporter — a type of dog
- Spanish: retriever — a type of dog
- Swedish: retriever — a type of dog
- Welsh: adargi — a type of dog