shower
English
/ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/, /ˈʃəʊ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).
- A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
- (chiefly) A shower of shit.
- (chiefly)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shour inherited from Old English scūr inherited from *skūru inherited from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (storm, shelter, shack, rain shower) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (cold wind, rain shower, north wind, north).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)ḱēwer-
Gloss
cold wind, rain shower, north wind, north
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
北
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bath English
- cowboy English
- cowboy shower English
- head English
- midshower English
- nonshower English
- overshower English
- rain English
- rain shower English
- rainshower English
- set English
- shower tea English
- showerbath English
- showerer English
- showerest English
- showereth English
- showerful English
- showerhead English
- showeriness English
- showerless English
- showerlessness English
- showerlike English
- showerproof English
- showerset English
- showery English
- snow English
- snow shower English
- snowshower English
- sun English
- sun shower English
- sunshower English
- tea English
- thunder English
- thundershower English
- tub English
- tub-shower English
- caurus Latin
- coruscus Latin
- Hagelschauer German
- Kälteschauer German
- Regenschauer German
- Schauer German
- Schneeschauer German
- schaurig German
- schoer Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)ḱēwer- Proto-Indo-European
- *kew-(e)ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *skūrō Proto-Germanic
- skur Swedish
- skurknä Swedish
- シャワー Japanese
- Sceon Old English
- rēnscūr Old English
- scur Old English
- scūr Old English
- sċūr Old English
- rayne-shour Middle English
- shour Middle English
- skúr Old Norse
- skúr Icelandic
- شاور Persian
- schure Middle Dutch
- scur Old High German
- scūr Old High German
- skiura Old High German
- skura Old High German
- schure, schūre Middle High German
- schūre Middle High German
- Reeschauer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Schauer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Schnéischauer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *skūru gmw-pro
- *scur, *scūr Old Dutch
- skūra Old Dutch
- 샤워 Korean
- skuur Westrobothnian
- ishawa Zulu
- set
- sun
- tub
- tea
- rain
- bath
- head
- snow
- cowboy
- showery
- thunder
- showerer
- showerset
- nonshower
- midshower
- showerest
- showereth
- sunshower
- showerful
- showerbath
- showerlike
- tub-shower
- showerhead
- snowshower
- rainshower
- shower tea
- overshower
- showerless
- sun shower
- showeriness
- showerproof
- snow shower
- rain shower
- cowboy shower
- thundershower
- showerlessness