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
    • 1988, R. Norman Owen-Smith, Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 14:
      Giraffe have a long, muscular tongue, which aids in gathering leaves into the mouth; and the dentition is typical of browsers.
  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) Ellipsis of web browser.
    • :
      A program which provides access to the hypertext world we call a browser.]
  4. (computing, by extension) Any other type of information browser.
    • 2011, Lester Madden, Professional Augmented Reality Browsers for Smartphones: Programming for junaio, Layar and Wikitude, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 10:
      The real strengthof AR browsers is their discoverability. Today, browsers have most of the attention and it's amazing how many people have yet to experience a browser for themselves. Browsers are incredibly useful ways to discover information about places and objects around you.

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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

Inflection

Declension of browser
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative browser browseren browsere browserne
genitive browsers browserens browseres browsernes

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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