streamer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English stremer, stremere, equivalent to stream +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɹiːmɚ/ Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ) === Noun === streamer (plural streamers) A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration. Synonym: banderole Strips of paper or other material used as confetti. (journalism) A newspaper headline that runs along the top of a page. (computing) A data storage system, mainly used to produce backups, in which large quantities of data are transferred to a continuously moving tape; a tape drive. (networking) Any mechanism for streaming data. (television, Internet) A subscription service that streams content to an audience. Coordinate term: broadcaster (Internet) A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience. Hypernym: creator (fishing) In fly fishing, a variety of wet fly designed to mimic a minnow. (mining) One who searches for stream tin. A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. (UK, education, in combination) A pupil belonging to a particular stream (division by perceived ability). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === stream === Further reading === “streamer”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “streamer”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “streamer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “streamer”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. === Anagrams === masterer, remaster, restream == French == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English streamer. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /stʁi.mœʁ/ ==== Noun ==== streamer m (plural streamers) (Internet) streamer (one who streams to a live audience online) Alternative form: streameur (computing) streamer (data storage system) (fishing) streamer (variety of wet fly in fly fishing) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English stream (verb). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /stʁi.me/ ==== Verb ==== streamer (transitive, Internet) to stream (to push continuous data from a server to a client computer while it is being used) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Hypernyms ===== diffuser == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English streamer. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ĩmeʁ === Noun === streamer m or f by sense (plural streamers) (Internet) streamer (person who streams on the Internet) Hypernym: criador === See also === stream == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English streamer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɾimeɾ/ [ˈst̪ɾi.meɾ] Rhymes: -imeɾ IPA(key): (adapted) /esˈtɾimeɾ/ [esˈt̪ɾi.meɾ] Rhymes: -imeɾ === Noun === streamer m or f by sense (plural streamers) (Internet) streamer (a person who streams on the Internet) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === See also === stream