Auer

American  

[ou-er] / ˈaʊ ər /

noun

1. Leopold 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.

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Auer British  

/ ˈauər /

noun

1. Karl (karl), Baron von Welsbach. 1858–1929, Austrian chemist who discovered the cerium-iron alloy used for flints in cigarette lighters and invented the incandescent gas mantle

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Example Sentences

Laura’s willing absorption into Betty’s tranquil life of gardening and cooking is swift and pleasant — believably so thanks to the acute portrayals of Beer and Auer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

A soon as Meri-Tuuli Auer saw the subject line in her junk folder, she knew it was no ordinary spam email.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

"That's when the fear set in," Auer, 30, tells me.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

“While IRobot has become a peripheral player recently, Amazon had the specific capacity to reverse those fortunes — specifically by integrating IRobot into its successful ecosystem of home devices,” Auer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

This sudden change of venue from pure to applied science came about through a Viennese chemist, Dr. Carl Auer, later and in consequence known as Baron Auer von Welsbach.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.