pacifier
Syllables: pa·ci·fi·er/ˈpæsɪfaɪə/US/ˈpæsɪfaɪɚ/
pacifier noun: someone or something that pacifies.
Noun
pacifier (plural pacifiers)
- Someone or something that pacifies.
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- A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.
pacifier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
pacifier in Hindi
- for a baby
- चुसनी cusnī
pacifier in Tamil
- தணிப்பி, அமைதிப்படுத்துபவர், தணிப்பாளர்
pacifier in Urdu
- for a baby
- چُوسْنی cūsnī
pacifier in Kannada
- ಶಾಮಕ, ಉಪಶಾಮಕ, ಉಪಶಮನಕಾರಕ, ಶಮನಕಾರಿ, ಚೀಪಲು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಬಾಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಡುವ, ರಬ್ಬರು ಮೊದಲಾದವುಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದ
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- pacifier in Gujarati
- ચૂસણી cūsṇī, ધાવણી dhāvṇī
- pacifier in Tagalog
- tagapayapa
- pacifier in Arabic
- صَانِع سَلَام ṣāniʕ salām, صَانِعَة سَلَام ṣāniʕat salām, مُصْلِح muṣliḥ, مُصْلِحَة muṣliḥa
- pacifier in Indonesian
- penenang, dot, empeng
- pacifier in Thai
- จุกนม jùk-nom
- pacifier in Vietnamese
- núm vú giả, ti giả, tu ti
- pacifier in Myanmar
- နို့လိမ် nui.lim
Synonyms of pacifier
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Forms of pacifier
| plural | pacifiers |
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Origin of pacifier
From pacify + -er.
Words formed from pacifier
Phrases with pacifier
Questions about pacifier
- What does pacifier mean?
- Pacifier means someone or something that pacifies.
- What is pacifier in Hindi?
- Pacifier in Hindi is चुसनी (cusnī). See Pacifier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pacifier?
- Pacifier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pacifier?
- Pacifier is pronounced /ˈpæsɪfaɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pacifier?
- The plural of pacifier is pacifiers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pacifier (page history and authors); pacifier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pacifier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચૂસણી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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