loader

See also: Loader

English

A loader (#3)

Etymology

load +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊdɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊdə(ɹ)

Noun

loader (plural loaders)

1. Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads.

   There was only one loader for the truck today so it took him a long time to get everything moved.

   The auto-loader on the gun kept jamming so they did it manually.

   • 1944 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Marshalling Yards and Goods Sheds”, in Railway Magazine, page 85:

     A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space.

   • 2014, Benerson Little, The Sea Rover's Practice:

     The loader […] placed the cartridge in the muzzle and shoved it in as far as he could. The rammer rammed it home, the gun captain inserting his priming wire to make sure.

2. (computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution.
3. A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader, etc.
4. (marketing) An incentive given to a dealer.
   • 1990, Robert B. Konikow, Sales Promotion Design, page 197:

     Unique point-of-purchase materials and display loaders dramatically contribute to the display's attention-getting ability.

   • 1995, William M. Pride, O. C. Ferrell, Marketing: Concepts and Strategies, page 591:

     Marketers use dealer loaders to obtain new distributors and push larger quantities of goods.

   • 2001, Stuart Clark Rogers, Marketing Strategies, Tactics, and Techniques, page 172:

     Dealer (or buying) loaders are gifts offered to resellers for stocking products. Many companies specialize in providing premium and gift items, and publish catalogues from which you can select appropriate items.

Derived terms

• absolute loader
• boot loader
• breech-loader
• clapper-loader
• front-end loader
• front end loader
• low loader
• multiloader
• muzzle-loader
• side-loader
• skid loader
• speed loader
• top loader

 

Translations

person or device that loads

• Czech: nakladač m
• Finnish: lataaja
• French: chargeur (fr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: laster m

  Nynorsk: lastar m

• Persian: لودر (fa)
• Spanish: paleador (es) m, paleadora (es) f
• Ukrainian: ванта́жник (uk) m (vantážnyk), заряджа́ючий m (zarjadžájučyj)

program that prepares other programs for execution

• Czech: zavaděč m
• Finnish: latausohjelma
• French: chargeur (fr)
• Georgian: ჩამტვირთავი (čamṭvirtavi)

tractor with a scoop

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: شيول m (šēwal)

• Catalan: pala carregadora f
• Czech: nakladač m
• Danish: gummiged c, gummihjulslæsser c
• Dutch: shovel (nl) m, wiellader m
• Finnish: kuormaaja (fi), pyöräkuormaaja (fi)
• French: chargeur sur pneus m, chargeuse sur pneus f
• German: Radlader (de)
• Hungarian: homlokrakodó
• Italian: pala caricatrice f, pala meccanica (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hjullaster (no) m

  Nynorsk: hjullastar m

• Persian: لودر (fa) (loder)
• Portuguese: (Portugal) pá carregadora f, carregadora f; (Brazil) pá carregadeira f, carregadeira f
• Romanian: încărcător frontal
• Serbo-Croatian: utovarivač (sh) m
• Slovene: nakladalnik
• Spanish: pala cargadora f, cargadora (es) f
• Swedish: hjullastare (sv) c
• Turkish: yükleyici (tr), loder (tr)
• Ukrainian: навантажувачі (navantažuvači)
• Vietnamese: máy xúc lật

Anagrams

• Laredo, Rodela, ordeal, reload

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (noun) /lo.dœʁ/, (verb) /lo.de/

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Noun

loader m (plural loaders)

1. (computing) loader

Verb

loader

1. (computing) to load
2. (Quebec) to load

Conjugation

Conjugation of loader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	loader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	loadant /lo.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		loadé /lo.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	loade /lod/	loades /lod/	loade /lod/	loadons /lo.dɔ̃/	loadez /lo.de/	loadent /lod/
	imperfect	loadais /lo.dɛ/	loadais /lo.dɛ/	loadait /lo.dɛ/	loadions /lo.djɔ̃/	loadiez /lo.dje/	loadaient /lo.dɛ/
	past historic2	loadai /lo.de/	loadas /lo.da/	loada /lo.da/	loadâmes /lo.dam/	loadâtes /lo.dat/	loadèrent /lo.dɛʁ/
	future	loaderai /lo.dʁe/	loaderas /lo.dʁa/	loadera /lo.dʁa/	loaderons /lo.dʁɔ̃/	loaderez /lo.dʁe/	loaderont /lo.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	loaderais /lo.dʁɛ/	loaderais /lo.dʁɛ/	loaderait /lo.dʁɛ/	loaderions /lo.də.ʁjɔ̃/	loaderiez /lo.də.ʁje/	loaderaient /lo.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	loade /lod/	loades /lod/	loade /lod/	loadions /lo.djɔ̃/	loadiez /lo.dje/	loadent /lod/
	imperfect2	loadasse /lo.das/	loadasses /lo.das/	loadât /lo.da/	loadassions /lo.da.sjɔ̃/	loadassiez /lo.da.sje/	loadassent /lo.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	loade /lod/	—	loadons /lo.dɔ̃/	loadez /lo.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “loader”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.