brooder

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English brood

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English brooder

From brood + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹuːdə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹudɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːdə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: brood‧er

Noun

brooder (plural brooders)

1. A person who broods.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 89:

     Ah! our poor simple fathers should rise up
     Out of their graves, and come to get advice
     And comfort from the brooders that are now.

2. A heated box used for chicks or premature babies.
   • 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 93:

     [E]verybody worked hard to get the chicks safely into the brooders.

Synonyms

• (heated box used for chicks or premature babies): incubator

Derived terms

• mouthbrooder

Translations

heated box used for chicks or premature babies

• French: couveuse (fr) f