read + -er → reader
Source: wiktionary
-er
//ə//
Synonyms for "-er" (1 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Suffix(1 words)
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Translations
408 translations across 70 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- er suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- er suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Albanian
4 entries- es suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ese suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- tar suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- tare suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ίων suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- τερος suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Arabic
2 entries- مُـ suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- مِـ suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Armenian
4 entries- ավելի suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- իչ suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- իչ suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ցի suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- an suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- daha suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- ici suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- raq suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Bashkir
4 entries- се suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- се suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- со suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- со suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Breton
1 entries- oc'h suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Catalan
4 entries- dor suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- dora suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- er suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- er suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- ...员 suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ...家 suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ...家 suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ...工 suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Czech
4 entries- an suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- ač suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ař suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ec suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Danish
1 entries- er suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Dutch
4 entries- er suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- er suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- er suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- er suffix (used to form the comparative of adverbs)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- рак suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Egyptian
1 entries- y suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Esperanto
3 entries- ano suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- isto suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- pli suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Faroese
1 entries- ari suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Finnish
4 entries- (e)lla suffix (used to form frequentatives)
- (e)llä suffix (used to form frequentatives)
- ari suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- in suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
French
4 entries- eur suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- euse suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- plus suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- plus suffix (used to form the comparative of adverbs)
Galician
4 entries- eira suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- eira suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- eira suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- eiro suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Georgian
1 entries- ელი suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
German
3 entries- er suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- er suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- er suffix (used to form the comparative of adverbs)
Greek
4 entries- άς suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- άς suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ού suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ού suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Hebrew
3 entries- participle suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ־ַאי suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ־ָן suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Hungarian
4 entries- as suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- as suffix ((with numbers, measurements or quantified sets) ranked by or having...)
- bb suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- bb suffix (used to form the comparative of adverbs)
Icelandic
2 entries- ari suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- maður suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Ido
3 entries- an suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- er suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ist suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Igbo
1 entries- onye suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Indonesian
3 entries- pe suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- pem suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- peng suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Interlingua
4 entries- aria suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- aria suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ario suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ario suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Irish
2 entries- éir suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- éir suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Italian
4 entries- ista suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ista suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ore suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- più suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Japanese
4 entries- ...家 suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ...手 suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ...者 suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- もっと suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Khmer
1 entries- ជាង suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Kongo
1 entries- mu suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- чи suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- чи suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- чу suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- чу suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Latin
3 entries- ior suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- or suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- tor suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Latvian
4 entries- ente suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ents suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ere suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- eris suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Macedonian
2 entries- по suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- по suffix (used to form the comparative of adverbs)
Malay
3 entries- orang suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- pem suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- peng suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Mongolian
3 entries- гч suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ч suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- чин suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Māori
1 entries- kai suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Navajo
1 entries- é suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- er suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- er suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- kar suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- tir suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Nupe
3 entries- ci suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ci suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ci suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
Old English
3 entries- a suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ere suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ra suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Old Norse
1 entries- ari suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Pashto
1 entries- ونکی suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Persian
4 entries- ـتر suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- ـتر suffix (used to form the comparative of adverbs)
- ـکار suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ـکننده suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Polish
4 entries- acz suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- aczka suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ak suffix ((with numbers, measurements or quantified sets) ranked by or having...)
- arka suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Portuguese
4 entries- dor suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- eiro suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- eiro suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- ejar suffix (used to form frequentatives)
Romani
3 entries- eder suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- maj suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- po suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Romanian
2 entries- toare suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- tor suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Russian
4 entries- а́тор suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- а́ч suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- анин suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- анка suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
Sanskrit
1 entries- क suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ach suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- adair suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- adair suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- air suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- а suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- е suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- и suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Spanish
4 entries- dor suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- dor suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- dora suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- dora suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Swahili
1 entries- m suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Swedish
4 entries- are suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- are suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
- are suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- are suffix (used to form the comparative of adverbs)
Tagalog
3 entries- mas suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- taga suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- taga suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Tamil
4 entries- அன் suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- அர் suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- அள் suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- ஆளன் suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Thai
4 entries- กว่า suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- คน... suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ช่าง... suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ช่าง... suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Turkish
4 entries- an suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ci suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ci suffix (person whose occupation is...)
- cu suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Ukrainian
4 entries- а́тор suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- а́ч suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ар suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- ер suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Unami
1 entries- t suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ... hơn suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
Welsh
4 entries- ach suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- mwy suffix (used to form the comparative of adjectives)
- wr suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- wr suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Wiradjuri
2 entries- daayn suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- daayn suffix (person whose occupation is...)
Yoruba
3 entries- oní suffix ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
- oní suffix ((with numbers, measurements or quantified sets) ranked by or having...)
- oní suffix ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
Sample sentences
63 total sentences available.
cook + -er → cooker
Source: wiktionary
compute + -er → computer
Source: wiktionary
run + -er → runner
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