retriever

English

Etymology

From retrieve +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

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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.

   Hypernyms: gun dog < hunting dog < dog, hound

   Hyponyms: Golden Retriever, Labrador retriever

   Coordinate terms: pointer, setter

3. (surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.

Derived terms

• Flat-coated Retriever
• Golden Retriever
• Labrador retriever
• Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

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

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Noun

retriever m (plural retrievers)

1. 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)

1. retriever (dog)