printer
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This is a common informal term for a printer, especially a device used to print documents or photos from a computer or phone.
According to the pronunciation rules, it would be pronounced prîn, but by real convention, it is pronounced prín.
printer
A machine that produces paper copies of documents, images, or other digital content.
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ที่บ้านมีเครื่องปริ้นไหม thîi bâan mii khrʉ̂aŋ prín mǎy Do you have a printer at home? ที่บ้านมีเครื่องปริ้นไหม details
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ช่วยเปิดเครื่องปริ้นให้หน่อย chûay pə̀ət khrʉ̂aŋ prín hây nɔ̀ɔy Could you turn on the printer for me? ช่วยเปิดเครื่องปริ้นให้หน่อย details
Learning notes
Explanation
The term combines เครื่อง, meaning a machine or device, with ปริ้น, an informal borrowing based on the English word “print.” It usually refers to a computer printer used at home, school, or work. Printers are counted with the classifier เครื่อง, as in เครื่องปริ้นหนึ่งเครื่อง, “one printer.”
Usage
It is commonly used in everyday conversations at home, school, or the office when discussing buying, connecting, or using a printer, as well as problems such as low ink or paper jams.
Caution
ปริ้น is informal and has several spelling variants in actual use. In official documents, manuals, or other formal writing, เครื่องพิมพ์ is the safer standard term. ปริ้น can be used by itself as the verb “to print,” but เครื่องปริ้น as a whole is a noun referring to the machine.