docker

See also: Docker

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑkɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ

Proto-West Germanic *dokkā

Old English *docce

Middle English dok

English dock

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

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English docker

From dock (verb) + -er.

Noun

docker (plural dockers)

1. One who performs docking, as of tails.
2. One who engages in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).

Derived terms

• docker hole
• dockerin
• roller docker

Translations

one who performs docking

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斷尾者 / 断尾者 (duànwěi zhě)

• Finnish: trimmaaja
• Irish: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: łącznik (pl) m, łączniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: до́кер (ru) m (dóker), порто́вый гру́зчик m (portóvyj grúzčik)

one who engages in the sexual practice of docking

•  Chinese:

   Mandarin: 對接者 / 对接者 (duìjiē zhě)

•  Finnish: telakoituja
•  French: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Middle Dutch docke

Dutch dokbor.

English dock

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

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English docker

From dock (noun) + -er.

Noun

docker (plural dockers)

1. Synonym of dockworker.

Translations

dockworker — see dockworker

Anagrams

• corked, ockerd, redock, rocked

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.kɛʁ/, /dɔ.kœʁ/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

docker m (plural dockers)

1. docker; longshoreman

Further reading

• “docker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012