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English word origin

Etymology of synth

Clipping of synthesizer.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A musical synthesizer.

verb

To play on a musical synthesizer.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of synthesizer.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A synthetic humanoid, an android, a robot, a clone · A fictional reptilian android species.

adj

Abbreviation of synthetic.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of synthetic.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
verb

Synonym of synthesize.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of synthesize.

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