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Webster 1913 Edition

Recorder

Re-cord′er

(r?-k?rd′?r)
,
Noun.
1.
One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
2.
The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor’s Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.
3.
(Mus.)
A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
[Obs.]
“Flutes and soft recorders.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Recorder

RECORD'ER

, n.
1.
A person whose official duty is to register writings or transactions; one who enrolls or records.
2.
An officer of a city who is keeper of the rolls or records, or who is invested with judicial powers.
3.
Formerly, a kind of flute, flageolet or wind instrument.
The figures of recorders, flutes and pipes are straight; but the recorder hath a less bore and a greater above and below.

Definition 2024

recorder

recorder

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

recorder ‎(plural recorders)

  1. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
  2. Agent noun of record; one who records.
  3. A judge in a municipal court.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from record ‎(“to practice (music)”).

Noun

recorder ‎(plural recorders)

  1. (music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
Derived terms
Translations

References

  • recorder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French recorder, from Old French recorder, from Vulgar Latin recordāre, alternative form of Latin recordārī, present active infinitive of recordor ‎(“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- ‎(“back, again”) + cor ‎(“heart; mind”).

Verb

recorder

  1. (obsolete) to say something repetitively in order to learn.
    As-tu recordé ta leçon?
Conjugation
Related terms

Etymology 2

re- +‎ corder.

Verb

recorder

  1. to restring
Conjugation

Latin

Verb

recorder

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of recordor

Middle French

Etymology

From Middle French recorder.

Verb

recorder

  1. to record; to register; to make a record (of)
    recorder une histoire‎
    to make a record of a story

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of recorder
simple compound
infinitive recorder avoir recordé
gerund en recordant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle recordant
past participle recordé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present recorde recordes recorde recordons recordez recordent
imperfect recordois, recordoys recordois, recordoys recordoit, recordoyt recordions, recordyons recordiez, recordyez recordoient, recordoyent
past historic recorda recordas recorda recordasmes recordastes recorderent
future recorderai, recorderay recorderas recordera recorderons recorderez recorderont
conditional recorderois, recorderoys recorderois, recorderoys recorderoit, recorderoyt recorderions, recorderyons recorderiez, recorderyez recorderoient, recorderoyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present recorde recordes recorde recordons recordez recordent
imperfect recordasse recordasses recordast recordassions recordassiez recordassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— recorde — recordons recordez —

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin recordāre, from Latin recordārī, present active infinitive of recordor.

Verb

recorder

  1. to record; to register
  2. to recall; to remember

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of recorder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive recorder avoir recordé
gerund en recordant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle recordant
past participle recordé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present recort recordes recorde recordons recordez recordent
imperfect recordoie, recordeie, recordoe, recordeve recordoies, recordeies, recordoes, recordeves recordoit, recordeit, recordot, recordeve recordiiens, recordiens recordiiez, recordiez recordoient, recordeient, recordoent, recordevent
preterite recordai recordas recorda recordames recordastes recorderent
future recorderai recorderas recordera recorderons recorderoiz, recordereiz, recorderez recorderont
conditional recorderoie, recordereie recorderoies, recordereies recorderoit, recordereit recorderiiens, recorderiens recorderiiez, recorderiez recorderoient, recordereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present recort recorz recort recordons recordez recordent
imperfect recordasse recordasses recordast recordissons, recordissiens recordissoiz, recordissez, recordissiez recordassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— recorde — recordons recordez —

Related terms

  • recort
  • recordeor

Descendants

References

Etymology

Borrowing 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”).

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