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recorder

Syllables: re·cord·erUK/ɹiˈkɔː.də//ɹiˈkɔɹ.dəɹ/

recorder noun: an apparatus for recording; a device which records. Also the agent noun of record.

recorder: an apparatus for recording; a device which records
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Noun (1)

recorder (plural recorders)

  1. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
    • Between 8 and 9 p.m., the recorder at a meteorological station at Harrow, Middlesex, picked up 1,470 lightning flashes within a radius of 10 to 15 miles, and observers at the station described the storm as "probably one of the most spectacular of the century."1958 November, “Storm Damage in the Home Counties”, in Railway Magazine, page 746
    • A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.2019 June 27, Jack Schofield, “What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?”, in The Guardian
  2. A judge in a municipal court.

Noun (2)

recorder (plural recorders)

  1. A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
    • Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder.
    • Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
    Synonyms:
    English flute, sweet flute

Also used as

recorder is also the agent noun of record.

recorder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

recorder in Hindi

recording device
रिकॉर्डर rikŏrḍar

recorder in Tamil

ரெக்கார்டர்

recorder in Marathi

रेकॉर्डर, ध्वनिमुद्रणकर्ता, ध्वनिमुद्रण करणारा

recorder in Urdu

recording device
ریکارڈر rikārḍar
More languagesFewer languages
recorder in Bengali
রেকর্ডার
recorder in Telugu
రికార్డర్
recorder in Malayalam
റെക്കോർഡർ, റിക്കോർഡർ, റെക്കോഡർ
recorder in Kannada
ರೆಕಾರ್ಡರ್
recorder in Punjabi
ਰਿਕਾਰਡਰ, ਰਿਕਾਰਡ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
recorder in Gujarati
રેકોર્ડર
recorder in Odia
ରେକର୍ଡର୍, ରେକର୍ଡର, ରେକର୍ଡ଼ର୍
recorder in Nepali
रेकर्डर, रिकार्डर
recorder in Arabic
مُسَجِّل musajjil
recorder in Malay
perakam
recorder in Persian
رکوردر rekorder
recorder in Vietnamese
máy ghi âm, máy ghi hình, máy quay
recorder in Myanmar
ရီကော်ဒါ rikauda

Examples of recorder in a sentence

  • On his [Hamlet’s] taking the recorders—very like a little black flute that had just been played in the orchestra and handed out at the door—he was called upon unanimously for Rule Britannia.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published...
  • […] he had huffed into his white plastic recorder while scowling at the sheets of music that lay open on the wobbly stainless-steel stand.2017, Daniel Mendelsohn, An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic, New York: Penguin Random House:
  • This appeals only to recorder players themselves, early music fans and academic music specialists.2023 August 24, “Why old recorders hit a dull note”, in The Guardian:

All 31 example sentences with recorder

Synonyms of recorder

Forms of recorder

pluralrecorders

Plural of recorder: recorders

Origin of recorder

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.

From Middle English recorder, from record (“to practice (music)”); ultimately cognate with Etymology 1.

Words formed from recorder

Phrases with recorder

Words that rhyme with recorder

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Questions about recorder

What does recorder mean?
Recorder means an apparatus for recording; a device which records.
What is recorder in Hindi?
Recorder in Hindi is रिकॉर्डर (rikŏrḍar). See Recorder meaning in Hindi.
How do you use recorder in a sentence?
On his [Hamlet’s] taking the recorders—very like a little black flute that had just been played in the orchestra and handed out at the door—he was called upon unanimously for Rule Britannia.
What part of speech is recorder?
Recorder is a noun.
How do you pronounce recorder?
Recorder is pronounced /ɹiˈkɔː.də/ (UK).
What is the plural of recorder?
The plural of recorder is recorders.

Words near recorder in the dictionary

  1. recordedly
  2. recordedness
  3. recordedst
  4. recordee
  5. recordees
  6. recorder
  7. recorderist
  8. recorderists
  9. recorders
  10. recordership
  11. recorderships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recorder (page history and authors); recorder (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recorder (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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