suspender

From suspend +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈspɛndɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈspɛndə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

suspender (plural suspenders)

1. Something or someone who suspends.
2. (US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.

   Synonym: (outside US) braces

3. (British) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.

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suspender

1. imperative of suspendere

Borrowed from Latin suspendere.

• Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧der

suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendi, past participle suspendido, short past participle suspenso)

1. (transitive) to suspend; to hang

   Synonym: pendurar

2. (transitive) to suspend (to halt something temporarily)

Borrowed from Latin suspendere.

• IPA^(key): /suspenˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: sus‧pen‧der

suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendí, past participle suspendido)

1. to suspend
2. to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class

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• “suspender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28