wafer

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ̯fəː/, [ˈweɪ̯fəː] (Australian) IPA(key): /wæɪ̯fəː/, [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fəː] ~ [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fɐ̝ː] (rhotic) (General American) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ̯fɚ/, [ˈweɪ̯fɚ] ~ [ˈweɪ̯fɹ̩] Rhymes: -eɪfə(ɹ) Hyphenation: waf‧er === Noun === wafer (plural wafers) A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie. (Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. Synonym: host A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wafer (third-person singular simple present wafers, present participle wafering, simple past and past participle wafered) (transitive) To seal or fasten with a wafer. 1775, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 4 March: [M]y Father, who knew he was well, wafered the paragraph upon a sheet of paper, and sent to his Lodgings. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English wafer. Doublet of gaufre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɛ.fœʁ/ ~ /we.fœʁ/, /wa.fœʁ/, /wa.fɛʁ/ === Noun === wafer m (plural wafers) wafer (electronic component) == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English wafer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈva.fer/ Rhymes: -afer === Noun === wafer m (invariable) wafer (biscuit and electronic component) == Middle English == === Noun === wafer alternative form of wafre == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English wafer. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: wa‧fer === Noun === wafer m (plural wafers) wafer (type of biscuit) (electronics) wafer (disk on which an electronic circuit is produced) === Further reading === “wafer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026