retriever

retriever

English

Etymology

retrieve +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/, /ɹɪ-/, /ɹə-/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)

Noun

retriever (plural retrievers)

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

Derived terms

• Golden Retriever
• Labrador retriever

Translations

a type of dog

Czech: retrívr m Dutch: retriever (nl) m Finnish: noutaja (fi) 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

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French

Noun

retriever m (plural retrievers)

1. retriever

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Noun

retriever m (plural retrievers or retriever)

1. retriever (dog)