noun
Meaning 1
A dog of a particular breed originating in Germany.
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
schnauzer
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈʃnaʊzɚ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aʊzə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: SH N AW1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: terrier
Narrower terms: miniature schnauzer, giant schnauzer, standard schnauzer
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schnauzer.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 雪納瑞 /雪纳瑞 (xuěnàruì) — breed of dog
- Czech: knírač — breed of dog
- Estonian: šnautser — breed of dog
- Finnish: snautseri — breed of dog
- French: schnauzer — breed of dog
- German: Schnauzer — breed of dog
- Irish: sneabhsar — breed of dog
- Polish: sznaucer — breed of dog
- Polish: sznaucerka — breed of dog
- Russian: шна́уцер (šnáucer) — breed of dog
- Serbo-Croatian: šnaucer — breed of dog
- Serbo-Croatian: шнауцер — breed of dog
- Spanish: schnauzer — breed of dog
- Swedish: schnauzer — breed of dog
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