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non-smoker

/nɑnsmˈoʊkɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
non-smok-er
IPA
/nɑnsmˈoʊkɚ/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Somebody who does not smoke tobacco.

noun

A railway carriage where smoking tobacco is not permitted.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Middle English smoken English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English smoker English non-smoker From non- + smoker.

Inflected Forms

non-smokers (plural) nonsmoker (alternative)

Phrases

non-smoking

Frequently Paired Words

non-smoking smoke smoker non-vaper

Homonyms

nonsmoker

Rhymes With

poker broker joker mediocre smoker stoker coker ochre croker bowker soaker croaker

Questions

How do you pronounce non-smoker?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɑnsmˈoʊkɚ/.
What does non-smoker mean?
Somebody who does not smoke tobacco.
Where does non-smoker come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Middle English smoken English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English smoker English non-smoker From non- + smoker.

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