finder

English

Etymology

From Middle English findere, equivalent to find +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪndə(ɹ)
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪndə(ɹ)/

Noun

finder (plural finders)

  1. One who finds or discovers something.
    Finders keepers, losers weepers.
    • 2012, Alan R. Romero, Property Law For Dummies, page 229:
      The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.
  2. A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.
    • 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:
      Perhaps some electrical finder could have been developed so delicate that it could have located the source of all this spreading joy and fortune.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations
discoverer — see discoverer,‎ inventor

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From finde (“to find”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fenər/, [ˈfenɐ]

Noun

finder c (singular definite finderen, plural indefinite findere)

  1. finder
Declension
Declension of finder
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative finder finderen findere finderne
genitive finders finderens finderes findernes

Etymology 2

See finde.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fendər/, [ˈfenˀɐ]

Verb

finder

  1. present of finde
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