announcer
/əˈnaʊnsɚ/noun
announcer is spelled A-N-N-O-U-N-C-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, announcer means “One who makes announcements” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of announcer is announcers.
How many letters and syllables are in announcer?
| Letters | 9: A-N-N-O-U-N-C-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is announcer?
Announcer appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce announcer?
- UK /əˈnaʊnsə/
- US /əˈnaʊnsɚ/
Announcer has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-announcer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of announcer
- announcers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does announcer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who makes announcements.
radio announcer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate announcer?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of announcer: anncr.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Announcer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | annonceur, présentateur, speaker , speakerine |
| German | Ansager, Sprecher , Ansagerin |
| Portuguese | anunciante, anunciador , locutor, locutora, apresentador, apresentadora |
| Spanish | anunciador, locutor , comentarista, presentador, presentadora |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does announcer come from?
From announce + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).