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See also: Browser

English

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Etymology

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From browse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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.
    • [1990 November 12, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, “WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project”, in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)[1]:
      A program which provides access to the hypertext world we call a browser.]

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English browser. First attested in 1993.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bravsər/, [ˈbɹɑwsɐ]

Noun

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browser c (singular definite browseren, plural indefinite browsere)

  1. browser

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English browser.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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browser m (plural browsers)

  1. (Internet) a browser
    Synonym: internetbrowser
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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English browser.

Noun

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browser m (invariable)

  1. (computing) browser (software)

Spanish

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Noun

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browser m (plural browseres)

  1. browser