browser

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English

Etymology

From browse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹaʊzɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: brows‧er
  • Rhymes: -aʊzə(ɹ)

Noun

browser (plural browsers)

  1. A person or animal who browses.
    Coordinate term: grazer
  2. A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing.
    Antonym: nonbrowser
    • 1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 11:
      While still in the mood for antique bartering, The Emerald City on the South End section of Dartmouth St. has expanded just in time for browsers and buyers. Allow some time here as it's a poke-and-find shop of 1800's pictures and prints, turn-of-the-century kitchen ware, and some very unusual furnishings and lamps.
  3. (computing) A web browser.
    • :
      A program which provides access to the hypertext world we call a browser.]

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English browser. First attested in 1993.

Pronunciation

Noun

browser c (singular definite browseren, plural indefinite browsere)

  1. browser

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English browser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑu̯.zər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: brow‧ser

Noun

browser m (plural browsers)

  1. (Internet) a browser
    Synonym: internetbrowser

Italian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English browser.

Noun

browser m (invariable)

  1. (computing) browser (software)

Spanish

Noun

browser m (plural browseres)

  1. browser