listener
/ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.52 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
noun
A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
Example Sentences
- "[…] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep[…]"
- "And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away."
- "Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-der. Proto-Germanic *hlusnijaną Old English hlysnan Middle English listenen English listen 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 listener From listen + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/
- British English: /ˈlɪsənə/