teaser

See also: Teaser

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English tease

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English teaser

From tease + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːzɚ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːzə(ɹ)

Noun

teaser (plural teasers)

1. One who teases or pokes fun.

   Synonym: tease

2. (textiles) A person or thing that teases.
3. (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.

   Coordinate terms: (film) trailer, preview

4. (television, video) A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
5. (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger
6. (electricity) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
7. The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
8. (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
9. (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
10. One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
    • 1966, Theodor Reik, The Many Faces of Sex, page 149:

      A whore keeps her promises. A teaser only promises.

11. (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
12. (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.

Derived terms

• appeteaser
• brainteaser
• clit teaser
• cockteaser
• fire teaser
• geezer teaser
• prickteaser
• teaser rate

Descendants

• → German: Teaser
• → Japanese: ティーザー (tīzā)
• → Korean: 티저 (tijeo)
• → Polish: teaser
• → Portuguese: teaser
• → Russian: ти́зер (tízɛr)

Translations

a person or thing that teases

Czech: otrava (cs) m, pokušitel m, škádlil m, prudič (cs) m, posměváček (cs) m Finnish: kiusaaja (fi), härnääjä French: boute-en-train (fr) m Indonesian: penggoda (id) Malay: pengusik Russian: зади́ра (ru) m or f (zadíra), забия́ка (ru) m or f (zabijáka)

preview of a product

Czech: upoutávka f Finnish: (informal) teaseri, härnäke French: bande-annonce (fr) f, teaser (fr) m, aguiche (fr) f, accroche (fr) f German: Teaser m Icelandic: stikla f Indonesian: cuplikan goda, pratayang goda Italian: anteprima (it) Japanese: ティーザー (tīzā) Korean: 티저 (tijeo) Malay: iklan acah, اعلان اچه (i'lan acah) Persian: تیزر (fa) (tizer) Polish: zwiastun (pl) m, zajawka (pl) f (colloquial), teaser (pl) m (colloquial) Portuguese: teaser (pt) m, prévia f Russian: ти́зер (ru) m (tízɛr), дразни́лка (ru) f (draznílka) (colloquial) Spanish: avance (es), adelanto (es) m

Anagrams

• teares, eaters, Eastre, teresa, Teresa, asteer, saeter, reseat, Teares, aretes, steare, seater, arsete, ratees, Trease, easter, arêtes, Seater, sæter, Easter, earset, Taseer, staree

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English tease

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English teaserubor.

Polish teaser

Unadapted borrowing from English teaser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.zɛr/
• Rhymes: -izɛr
• Syllabification: tea‧ser

Noun

teaser m inan

1. (film, marketing, television) teaser (short acting scene preceding the actual lead of a film or television series)

   Synonym: zajawka

2. (film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film)

   Synonyms: pilot, trailer, zwiastun

3. (marketing) teaser (message used to advertise a product whose name is not disclosed in that advertisement)
4. (marketing) teaser (short document containing the most important information about an investment, presented in a simple way, addressed to a potential investor)

Declension

Declension of teaser

	singular	plural
nominative	teaser	teasery
genitive	teasera	teaserów
dative	teaserowi	teaserom
accusative	teaser	teasery
instrumental	teaserem	teaserami
locative	teaserze	teaserach
vocative	teaserze	teasery

Further reading

• “teaser”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “teaser”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

English tease

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English teaserubor.

Portuguese teaser

Unadapted borrowing from English teaser.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.zeʁ/ [ˈt͡ʃi.zeh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.zeʁ/ [ˈt͡ʃi.zeh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.zeɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.zeʁ/ [ˈt͡ʃi.zeχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.zeɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.zɛɾ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -izeʁ, (Portugal) -izɛɾ
• Hyphenation: tea‧ser

Noun

teaser m (plural teasers)

1. teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)

Further reading

• “teaser”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “teaser”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

teaser m (plural teasers or teaser)

1. teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)