recorder

Pronunciation: /ɹiˈkɔː.də/

The English word “recorder” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
A judge in a municipal court.
A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

Etymology

From Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”). By surface analysis, record + -er.

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More English words

recorded delivery
recordedly
recordedness
recordee
recorderist
recordership
recordholder
recordholding

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