retriever

English

Etymology

retrieve +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/, /ɹɪ-/, /ɹə-/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)

Noun

retriever (plural retrievers)

One who retrieves something.
A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.
(surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.

Derived terms

Translations

a type of dog

Czech: retrívr m
Dutch: retriever (nl) m
Finnish: noutaja (fi)
German: Retriever, Apportierhunde (de)
Macedonian: ретривер m (retriver)
Malay: anjing pengutip
Navajo: łééchąąʼí bił nidaʼazheehígíí
Plautdietsch: Steewelhunt m
Polish: aporter (pl) m
Spanish: cobrador (es)
Swedish: retriever c
Welsh: adargi m

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

retriever m (plural retrievers)

retriever

Further reading

“retriever”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Noun

retriever m (plural retrievers or retriever)

retriever (dog)

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