recorder
pronunciation
How to pronounce recorder in British English:
UK [rɪˈkɔːdə(r)]
How to pronounce recorder in American English:
US [rɪˈkɔːrdər]
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- Noun:
- equipment for making records
- someone responsible for keeping records
- a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
- a woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece
Word Origin
- recorder (n.)
- "chief legal officer of a city," early 15c., from Anglo-French recordour (early 14c.), Old French recordeor "witness; storyteller; minstrel," from Medieval Latin recordator, from Latin recordari "remember" (see record (v.)). Meaning "registering apparatus" is from 1873. The musical instrument is attested by this name from early 15c., from record (v.) in the obsolete sense of "practice a tune." Used by Shakespeare and Milton ("of flutes and soft recorders," "Paradise Lost"). The name, and the device, were rarely heard by mid-1800s, ousted by the flute, but enjoyed a revival after 1911 as an easy-to-play instrument for musical beginners.
Example
- 1. The shock and delight of that tape recorder still lives with him .
- 2. Edison received his first patent two years later , for the electric vote recorder .
- 3. Information from the flight data recorder appeared to support the engine failure and fire theory .
- 4. The key is to start now , whether with a tape recorder or video camera .
- 5. Others -- the experimental controls -- they simply described their partner , speaking into a tape recorder .