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10 Language-to-English DictionariesWafer
/ˈweɪ.fər/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A thin, crisp, light sweet biscuit or cake, often eaten with ice cream or used as a sweet treat.
"She enjoyed a chocolate-coated wafer with her afternoon coffee." - 2
A thin slice of semiconductor material, such as silicon, used in microelectronics for fabricating integrated circuits.
"The manufacturing plant produces thousands of silicon wafers every single day."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'wafr' (late 14th century), originating from Old High German 'waba' or Frankish words related to honeycomb and woven fabric. Historically referred to a thin, crisp cake or biscuit before expanding to religious altar bread and modern technological uses like silicon semiconductor slices.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Wafer" is said worldwide
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gaufrette
Transliteration: go-fret
"Elle a mangé une gaufrette au chocolat."
Waffel
Transliteration: vaf-el
"Das Eis wurde in einer Waffel serviert."
cialda
Transliteration: chal-da
"Il gelato era accompagnato da una cialda croccante."
oblea
Transliteration: o-ble-a
"Compró un paquete de obleas rellenas de crema."
obreia
Transliteration: o-bray-a
"O biscoito wafer é muito crocante."
वेफर
Transliteration: vephar
"उसने आलू के वेफ़र खाए।"
威化饼
Transliteration: wēi huà bǐng
"我最喜欢吃巧克力味的威化饼。"
웨이퍼
Transliteration: wei-peo
"그 회사는 반도체 웨이퍼를 생산합니다."
ウエハース
Transliteration: uehāsu
"子供たちはウエハース菓子が大好きです。"
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