Meaning

3 senses

  1. One who or that which interrupts.

  2. A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit.

  3. (humorous, slang)An interpreter (person who interprets speech in a foreign language).

More definitions
  • a device for automatically interrupting an electric current

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From interrupt + -er.

From interrupt + -er.

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Forms

plural: interrupters
Singularinterrupter
Pluralinterrupters

regular

Word family

4 related words
Relatedinterrupt
Derivedinterrupter gearopto-interrupterphotointerrupter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
interrogativeC2interrogatorinterruptB1interruptionB2intersectintersectionB2

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