sampler

From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæmplɚ/

sampler (plural samplers)

1. A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.

From sample + -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmplɚ/, /ˈsæmpəlɚ/^[1]

sampler (plural samplers)

1. Someone whose job is to take samples.
2. A device that takes samples.
3. (music) An electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings.
4. A representative selection of a larger group.
   • 2012, Eric Bishop-Potter, A Ruined Boy, page 76:

     He also made a sampler CD, with one minute samples of 26 of their songs, for free distribution to people they met in Buffalo, and to others who showed an interest in their music.

• → Russian: се́мплер (sémpler)

• LaPerms, Marples, lampers, palmers, relamps, repalms

Unadapted borrowing from English sampler.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsam.plɛr/

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• Rhymes: -amplɛr
• Syllabification: sam‧pler

sampler m inan

1. sampler (digital device)
2. (cosmetics) tester (small phial of perfume or cosmetic bought to try a fragrance without the commitment of a full-size bottle)

   Synonym: tester

• “sampler”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sampler”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)