🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Abridor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: abridor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Opener/ˈoʊ.pən.ər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele usou um abridor para abrir a garrafa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device or tool used to open something.

    "She used a bottle opener to enjoy her drink."
  2. 2

    A person or thing that initiates or begins something.

    "The opener for the concert was a local band."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'opener' originates from the Old English 'openian', meaning to make open, which evolved through Middle English to its current form. The suffix '-er' denotes an agent or something that performs an action, thus 'opener' refers to something that opens.

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