Hoover — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈuːvɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/haɪdɹˈɒdʒənˌeɪtɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/haɪdɹˈɒdʒənˌeɪtɪd/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈuːvɚ/.

Examples

vacuum the carpets

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

President Hoover Herbert Hoover William Hoover J. Edgar Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover William Henry Hoover vacuum-clean John Edgar Hoover vacuum

Parts of Speech

noun	United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
noun	United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
noun	31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
noun	a kind of vacuum cleaner
verb	clean with a vacuum cleaner “vacuum the carpets”

Word Forms

hoover	verb	clean with a vacuum cleaner
vacuum	noun	an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
Hoover	noun	United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Staubsauger

US-amerikanischer Industrieller, der Staubsauger herstellte (1849–1932)

🇫🇷French

aspirateur

Industriel américain qui fabriquait des aspirateurs (1849-1932)

🇪🇸Spanish

aspiradora

Industrial estadounidense que fabricó aspiradoras (1849-1932)

🇳🇱Dutch

stofzuiger

Industrieel uit de Verenigde Staten die stofzuigers vervaardigde (1849-1932)

🇵🇹Portuguese

aspirador

Industrial dos Estados Unidos que fabricava aspiradores de pó (1849-1932)

🇷🇺Russian

пылесос

Промышленник США, производивший пылесосы (1849–1932).

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वेक्यूम-क्लनिर

संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के उद्योगपति जिन्होंने वैक्यूम क्लीनर का निर्माण किया (1849-1932)

🇧🇩Bengali

হুভার

মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের শিল্পপতি যিনি ভ্যাকুয়াম ক্লিনার তৈরি করেছিলেন (1849-1932)

🇮🇳Tamil

ஹூவர்

வெற்றிட கிளீனர்களை தயாரித்த அமெரிக்க தொழிலதிபர் (1849-1932)

🇮🇳Telugu

హోవర్

వాక్యూమ్ క్లీనర్‌లను తయారు చేసిన యునైటెడ్ స్టేట్స్ పారిశ్రామికవేత్త (1849-1932)

🇮🇳Marathi

हूवर

व्हॅक्यूम क्लिनर तयार करणारे युनायटेड स्टेट्स उद्योगपती (1849-1932)

🇮🇳Gujarati

હૂવર

યુનાઇટેડ સ્ટેટ્સના ઉદ્યોગપતિ કે જેમણે વેક્યૂમ ક્લીનર્સનું ઉત્પાદન કર્યું (1849-1932)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹೂವರ್

ವ್ಯಾಕ್ಯೂಮ್ ಕ್ಲೀನರ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ತಯಾರಿಸಿದ ಯುನೈಟೆಡ್ ಸ್ಟೇಟ್ಸ್ ಕೈಗಾರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮಿ (1849-1932)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹൂവർ

വാക്വം ക്ലീനർ നിർമ്മിച്ച യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ് വ്യവസായി (1849-1932)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹੂਵਰ

ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਦਾ ਉਦਯੋਗਪਤੀ ਜਿਸ ਨੇ ਵੈਕਿਊਮ ਕਲੀਨਰ ਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ ਕੀਤਾ (1849-1932)

🇵🇰Urdu

ہوور

ریاستہائے متحدہ کا صنعت کار جس نے ویکیوم کلینر تیار کیا (1849-1932)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

胡佛

制造吸尘器的美国实业家（1849-1932）

🇯🇵Japanese

フーバー

米国の実業家、掃除機を製造した（1849年−1932年）

🇰🇷Korean

후버

진공청소기를 제조한 미국의 산업가(1849-1932)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hút bụi

Nhà công nghiệp Hoa Kỳ sản xuất máy hút bụi (1849-1932)

🇹🇭Thai

ฮูเวอร์

นักอุตสาหกรรมชาวสหรัฐอเมริกาที่ผลิตเครื่องดูดฝุ่น (1849-1932)

🇮🇩Indonesian

alat pengisap debu

Industrialis Amerika yang memproduksi penyedot debu (1849-1932)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هوفر

رجل الصناعة الأمريكي الذي صنع المكانس الكهربائية (1849-1932)

🇮🇷Persian

هوور

صنعتگر ایالات متحده که جاروبرقی تولید می کرد (1849-1932)

🇹🇷Turkish

elektrik süpürgesi

Elektrikli süpürge üreten ABD'li sanayici (1849-1932)

🇮🇱Hebrew

שׁוֹאֵב אָבָק

תעשיין ארצות הברית שייצר שואבי אבק (1849-1932)

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