wafer
/ˈweɪ̯fəː/ · noun
Meaning
- A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
- A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
- A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
- A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
- To seal or fasten with a wafer.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.
- wafer(vls)→
- wafel(dum)→
- wāfel(gml)→
- gaufre(fro)→
- wafre(xno)→
- wafre(Middle English)→
- wafer (English)
- Relations: inh, der, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- 威化(Chinese) (bor)
- wafer(French) (bor)
- Waffel(German) (cog)
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