pacemaker
English
Alternative forms
- (medicine): peacemaker (misconstruction, non-native speakers' English)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkə(ɹ)/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
pacemaker (plural pacemakers)
- (anatomy) Specialized cells which stimulate the heart to beat.
- natural pacemaker
- cardiac pacemaker
- (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
- artificial pacemaker
- 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy[1], archived from the original on 6 June 2026, page 73:
- High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators.
- (now uncommon) One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
- Synonym: pacesetter
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
one who sets the pace in a race
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anatomy: set of nerves
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medical implement
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See also
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English pacemaker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeːsˌmeː.kər/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pace‧ma‧ker
Noun
pacemaker m (plural pacemakers, diminutive pacemakertje n)
- pacemaker (medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat)
- pacemaker (one who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others)
- Synonym: gangmaker
- 1887 June 4, “Binnenland”, in Provinciale Noordbrabantsche en 's Hertogenbossche courant[2], 's Hertogenbosch, page 2:
- Op hunnen weg reden als pacemakers afwisselend voor hen uit de heeren Pruijmboom en van Raden op premier-safeties.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pacemaker”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
pacemaker on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.
Pronunciation
Noun
pacemaker m (plural pacemakers)
- pacemaker (device)
Further reading
- “pacemaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Hungarian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpeːsmeːkɛr]
- Rhymes: -ɛr
- Hyphenation: pace‧ma‧ker[2]
Noun
pacemaker (plural pacemakerek)
- (medicine) pacemaker (a medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker)
- Synonym: szívritmus-szabályozó
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pacemaker | pacemakerek |
| accusative | pacemakert | pacemakereket |
| dative | pacemakernek | pacemakereknek |
| instrumental | pacemakerrel | pacemakerekkel |
| causal-final | pacemakerért | pacemakerekért |
| translative | pacemakerré | pacemakerekké |
| terminative | pacemakerig | pacemakerekig |
| essive-formal | pacemakerként | pacemakerekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pacemakerben | pacemakerekben |
| superessive | pacemakeren | pacemakereken |
| adessive | pacemakernél | pacemakereknél |
| illative | pacemakerbe | pacemakerekbe |
| sublative | pacemakerre | pacemakerekre |
| allative | pacemakerhez | pacemakerekhez |
| elative | pacemakerből | pacemakerekből |
| delative | pacemakerről | pacemakerekről |
| ablative | pacemakertől | pacemakerektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
pacemakeré | pacemakereké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
pacemakeréi | pacemakerekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | pacemakerem | pacemakereim |
| 2nd person sing. | pacemakered | pacemakereid |
| 3rd person sing. | pacemakere | pacemakerei |
| 1st person plural | pacemakerünk | pacemakereink |
| 2nd person plural | pacemakeretek | pacemakereitek |
| 3rd person plural | pacemakerük | pacemakereik |
Derived terms
- pacemakeres
Compound words
- pacemakerbeültetés
- pacemakerhasználat
- pacemakerigazolvány
- pacemakerműtét
- pacemaker-visszaültetés
References
- ^ pacemaker in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- ^ pacemaker at e-nyelv.hu
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English pacemaker.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
pacemaker m (invariable)
- pacemaker
- Synonym: (rare) segnapassi
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.
Noun
pacemaker n (plural pacemakere)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | pacemaker | pacemakerul | pacemakere | pacemakerele |
| genitive-dative | pacemaker | pacemakerului | pacemakere | pacemakerelor |
| vocative | pacemakerule | pacemakerelor | ||
Swedish
Etymology
From English pacemaker, used since 1891.
Noun
pacemaker c
- (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
- (medicine) a pacemaker, an implant that stimulates the heart to beat
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | pacemaker | pacemakers |
| definite | pacemakern | pacemakerns | |
| plural | indefinite | pacemakrar | pacemakrars |
| definite | pacemakrarna | pacemakrarnas |
Related terms
- pacemakerbärare
References
- “pacemaker”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “pacemaker”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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