suspender

English

Etymology

From suspend +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /səˈspɛndɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈspɛndə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

suspender (plural suspenders)

  1. Something or someone who suspends.
  2. (US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.
    Synonym: (outside US) braces
  3. (British) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.

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Verb

suspender

  1. imperative of suspendere

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sus.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [sus.pẽˈde(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /sus.pẽˈde(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /suʃ.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [suʃ.pẽˈde(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sus.pẽˈde(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /suʃ.pẽˈdeɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /suʃ.pẽˈde.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧der

Verb

suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendi, past participle suspendido, short past participle suspenso)

  1. (transitive) to suspend; to hang
    Synonym: pendurar
  2. (transitive) to suspend (to halt something temporarily)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suspenˈdeɾ/ [sus.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: sus‧pen‧der

Verb

suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendí, past participle suspendido)

  1. to suspend
  2. to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class

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