lawnmower

See also: lawn-mower and lawn mower

English

An engine powered walk-behind rotary lawnmower.

Alternative forms

• lawn mower, lawn-mower

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Germanic *landąder.?

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-der.

Proto-Celtic *landāder.?

Vulgar Latin *landa?

Old French landebor.

Middle English launde

English laund

English laune

English lawn

Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰeder.

Proto-Germanic *maganą

Proto-West Germanic *magan

Old English magan

Middle English mowen

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

Middle English mowere

English mower

English lawnmower

From lawn + mower.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːn.məʊ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔn.moʊ.ɚ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑn.moʊ.ɚ/

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Noun

lawnmower (plural lawnmowers)

1. A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

   We replaced our old electric lawnmower with a new cordless one.

   • 1877, Queensland Department of Public Instruction, Report of the Secretary for Public Instruction:

     It is only a small school, but this year the committee has expended £105 in reforming the garden, painting the fences, making a tennis court and lawn, purchasing a lawnmower etc.

   • 1912, O. Henry, Rolling Stones:

     here was an ordinary man out of the city directory that subscribes for magazines and pushes the lawnmower in his shirt-sleeves of evenings.

   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards Publishing, published 1940, page 58:

     Silence reigned, broken only by the hideous screeching of vultures and the sound of a lawn-mower being used in the hospital grounds.

2. A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.

   We hired a third lawnmower for the spring and summer.

3. (preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer mimics using a petrol lawn mower by pulling the starter cord and then pushing the mower forwards to the beat of the music.

Hyponyms

• rotary mower, reel mower, push mower, riding mower, electric lawn mower, robotic lawn mower

Derived terms

• riding lawnmower

Descendants

• → Ulithian: laanmoor

Translations

a device to cut grass

• Afrikaans: grassnyer
• Arabic: جُزَازَة عُشْب f (juzāzat ʕušb)
• Armenian: գազոնահնձիչ (gazonahnjičʻ)
• Azerbaijani: otbiçən
• Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: газонакасі́лка f (hazonakasílka)
• Bulgarian: коса́чка (bg) f (kosáčka)
• Catalan: tallagespa m, talladora de gespa f
• Cherokee: ᎦᏄᎸ ᎠᎦᎵᏍᏗ (ganulv agalisdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 割草機 / 割草机 (zh) (gēcǎojī), 除草機 / 除草机 (zh) (chúcǎojī)

• Czech: sekačka (cs) f, sekačka na trávu f
• Danish: græsslåmaskine (da) c, plæneklipper (da) c
• Dutch: grasmaaimachine (nl) f, grasmaaier (nl) m
• Esperanto: gazonotondilo, gazontondilo
• Estonian: muruniiduk
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ruohonleikkuri (fi)
• French: tondeuse à gazon (fr) f, tondeuse (fr) f
• Galician: cortacéspede m
• Georgian: გაზონსაკრეჭი (gazonsaḳreč̣i)
• German: Rasenmäher (de) m, Mähmaschine (de) f
• Greek: χλοοκοπτική μηχανή f (chlookoptikí michaní)
• Hungarian: fűnyíró (hu), fűnyíró gép
• Icelandic: sláttuvél f
• Ido: gazonotondilo (io)
• Indonesian: pemotong rumput
• Irish: buainteoir m, lomaire m, lomaire léana m, lomaire faiche m
• Italian: tosaerba m, falciatrice (it) f, tagliaerba (it) m, rasaerba m
• Japanese: 芝刈り機 (ja) (しばかりき, shibakariki)
• Kazakh: көгал шапқыш (kögal šapqıš)
• Korean: 예취기(刈取機) (yechwigi), 잔디깎기 (jandikkakgi)
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງຕັດຫຍ້າ (khư̄ang tat nyā)
• Latvian: pļaujmašīna f
• Lithuanian: vejapjovė f, žoliapjovė f
• Macedonian: косилка f (kosilka)
• Malay: halaman rumput
• Manx: buinneyder faaie
• Māori: moua, mīhini pōtarotaro
• Navajo: tłʼoh bee daalzhéhígíí, tłʼoh bee yilzhéhé
• Norman: faûcheuse f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gressklipper m, plenklipper m

  Nynorsk: grasklippar m, grasklyppar m, plenklippar m

• Pannonian Rusyn: косачка f (kosačka), траварка f (travarka)
• Persian: ماشین چمن‌زن (mâšin-e čaman-zan)
• Plautdietsch: Graussmaschien f
• Polish: kosiarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cortador de grama (pt) m
• Romanian: cositoare (ro) f
• Romansh: segapastget m
• Russian: газонокоси́лка (ru) f (gazonokosílka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̀силица f, коса̀чица f

  Latin: kòsilica (sh) f, kosàčica (sh) f

• Slovak: kosačka f
• Slovene: kosilnica f
• Spanish: cortacésped (es) f, cortahierba m, cortapasto (es) m, cortador de césped m, cortador de hierba m, cortador de pasto m, podadora (es) f, chapeadora f, chapiadora f (Panama)
• Swedish: gräsklippare (sv) c
• Thai: เครื่องตัดหญ้า (krʉ̂ʉang-dtàt-yâa)
• Turkish: çim biçme makinesi
• Ukrainian: газонокоса́рка f (hazonokosárka)
• Ulithian: laanmoor
• Vietnamese: máy cắt cỏ
• Volapük: yebifodian
• Walloon: tondeuse f
• Welsh: peiriant torri glaswellt m, peiriant torri lawnt m

a person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns

• Azerbaijani: otbiçən
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: gazonotondisto, gazontondisto
• Finnish: ruohonleikkaaja, nurmikonleikkaaja
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: buainteoir m
• Lao: ຄົນຕັດຫຍ້າ (khon tat nyā)
• Russian: газонокоси́льщик (ru) m (gazonokosílʹščik)
• Swedish: trädgårdsarbetare
• Thai: คนตัดหญ้า (kon-dtàt-yâa)
• Welsh: lladdwr gwair m, torrwr (cy) m