roger

See also: Roger

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/
• (General American) enPR: rŏjʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑd͡ʒɚ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: rog‧er

Etymology 1

From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in received, used to acknowledge understanding a message. "Roger" for "received" was in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

Interjection

roger

1. (radio telecommunications, procedure word) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)
   • 1950 May, Flying Magazine‎, page 46:

     Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT.

Synonyms

• roger that

Derived terms

• roger beep

Descendants

• → Japanese: ラジャー (rajā)

Translations

received

Arabic: عُلِم (ar) (ʕulim), حَوِّل (ar) (ḥawwil) Catalan: entès (ca), entesos (ca), recebut, recebuts Chinese: Mandarin: 收到 (zh) (shōudào), 明白 (zh) (míngbai), 知道了 (zh) (zhīdào le) Czech: souhlas (cs) Danish: modtaget (da), det er modtaget (da) Dutch: begrepen (nl) Finnish: kuitti (fi), selvä (fi) French: bien reçu (fr), compris (fr), cinq sur cinq (fr), reçu (fr) German: verstanden (de) Hebrew: רות (he) Hindi: जी (hi) (jī) Hungarian: vettem, értettem, rendben (hu) Indonesian: dimengerti (id), diterima (id) Italian: ricevuto (it) Japanese: 了解 (ja) (りょうかい, ryōkai), ラジャー (ja) (rajā) Norwegian: Bokmål: mottatt (no), oppfattet Ottoman Turkish: آنلشلدی (anlaşıldı) Persian: دریافت شد (daryâft šod, literally “it was received”) Polish: przyjąłem (pl), zrozumiałem (pl) Portuguese: entendido (pt) Russian: вас по́нял (ru) (vas pónjal), есть (ru) (jestʹ), принял (ru) (prinjal) Spanish: recibido (es), entendido (es), copiado (es) Swedish: uppfattat (sv) Ukrainian: вас зрозумі́в (vas zrozumív)

See also

• ack
• over
• over and out
• ten-four
• wilco

Verb

roger (third-person singular simple present rogers, present participle rogering, simple past and past participle rogered)

1. (radio telecommunications, transitive) To acknowledge by saying "roger".
   • 2011, Charles Ryan, Phoenix Strike:

     The Explorer radio operator rogered receipt of the War Room's signal.

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger.

Verb

roger (third-person singular simple present rogers, present participle rogering, simple past and past participle rogered) (UK, vulgar slang)

1. (transitive) Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.
2. (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• (to have sexual intercourse with someone): bone, dick, knob; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to have sexual intercourse): bang, do it, get some; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Derived terms

• rogering

Noun

roger (plural rogers) (UK, vulgar slang)

1. An act of sexual intercourse.
   • 2002, I'm Alan Partridge (series 2, episode 5)

     ALAN: Lynn, if I have to put back my roger with Sonja one more time, I'll be fit to burst.

Anagrams

• Reorg., gorer, reorg

Latin

Verb

roger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of rogō

Shelta

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

roger

1. To copulate.