spawner

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English spawn
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-os?
Proto-Indo-European *-o-
Proto-Indo-European *-so-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
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 spawner

    From spawn + -er.

    Pronunciation

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    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspɔnɚ/
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈspɔːnə/

    Noun

    spawner (plural spawners)

    1. (fishing) A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
      Synonyms: (rare, chiefly humorous) fishess, henfish, (uncommon) hen
    2. (computing) A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
    3. (video games) An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.
      • 2006, Alice J. Robison, Inventing fun: videogame design as a writing process, page 77:
        […] at this point, there are enemy birds that fly out of the pipe and attack the player's avatar. The pipes themselves are "enemy spawners" […]

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