healer

English

Etymology

From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːlə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhilɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)

Noun

healer (plural healers)

One who heals, especially through faith.
Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.

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Translations

person who heals

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: лечител (bg) m (lečitel)
Canela: caj
Czech: léčitel m
Dutch: genezer (nl) m, heler (nl) m, genezeres f, heleres f
Esperanto: resanigiisto
Finnish: parantaja (fi)
French: guérisseur (fr) m, guérisseuse (fr) f
Georgian: მკურნალი (mḳurnali)
German: Heiler (de) m, Heilerin (de) f
Hungarian: gyógyító (hu)
Indonesian: penyembuh (id)
Italian: guaritore (it) m
Kituba: nganga
Latin: sānātor m, sanatrix f
Macedonian: исцели́тел m (iscelítel), бајач m (bajač)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: uzdrowiciel (pl) m, znachor (pl) m
Portuguese: curandeiro (pt) m
Romanian: vindecător (ro) m, vindecătoare f
Russian: цели́тель (ru) m (celítelʹ), зна́харь (ru) m (znáxarʹ)
Spanish: curandero (es) m, santero m, sanador (es) m
Swedish: helare (sv) c, helbrägdagörare c
Ukrainian: ціли́тель (uk) m (cilýtelʹ), ціли́телька (uk) f (cilýtelʹka)
Yiddish: רופא (royfe)
Zulu: inyanga (zu) class 9/10, ugedla class 11/10, umthandazi class 1/2

Anagrams

Harlee, reheal

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