pacemaker

English

Alternative forms
  • (medicine): peacemaker (misconstruction, non-native speakers’ English)

Etymology

pace +‎ maker

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkəɹ/
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Noun

pacemaker (plural pacemakers)

  1. One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
  2. (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
  3. (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

Descendants
  • → Danish: pacemaker
  • → Swedish: pacemaker

Translations
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See also

French

Noun

pacemaker m (plural pacemakers)

  1. pacemaker (device)

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.

Noun

pacemaker n (plural pacemakere)

  1. pacemaker

Declension
Declension of pacemaker
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pacemaker pacemakerul (niște) pacemakere pacemakerele
genitive/dative (unui) pacemaker pacemakerului (unor) pacemakere pacemakerelor
vocative pacemakerule pacemakerelor

Swedish

Etymology

From English pacemaker, used since 1891.

Noun

pacemaker c

  1. (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
  2. (medicine) a pacemaker, an implant that stimulates the heart to beat

Declension
Declension of pacemaker 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pacemaker pacemakern pacemakrar pacemakrarna
Genitive pacemakers pacemakerns pacemakrars pacemakrarnas
  • pacemakerbärare

References
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