upholsterer

English

Etymology

From upholster (noun) +‎ -er, from Middle English upholdester, upholster, from Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”). Equivalent to uphold +‎ -ster +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌpˈhəʊlstəɹə/

Noun

upholsterer (plural upholsterers)

1. Someone who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation.

Coordinate terms

• reupholsterer

Derived terms

• upholsterer bee

Translations

a craftsman who upholsters furniture

• Arabic: مُنَجِّد (munajjid)
• Czech: čalouník (cs) m, čalounice f
• Dutch: stoffeerder (nl) m
• French: tapissier (fr) m, tapissière (fr) f, tapissier garnisseur m, tapissière garnisseuse f
• German: Polsterer (de) m, Polsterin (de) f, Tapezierer (de) m, Tapeziererin (de) f
• Hungarian: kárpitos (hu)
• Italian: tappezziere (it) m, tappezziera f, apparatore m, apparatrice f
• Maori: kaiwhakapuru, kaiwahakapurupuru
• Polish: tapicer (pl) m
• Portuguese: estofador m, estofadora f, tapeceiro (pt) m, tapeceira f
• Romanian: tapițer (ro) m
• Russian: обо́йщик (ru) m (obójščik), драпиро́вщик (ru) m (drapiróvščik)
• Slovene: tapetnik m, tapetničarka f
• Spanish: tapicero m, tapicera f
• Swedish: tapetserare (sv) c, dekoratör (sv) c (often prefixed, e.g. wth möbel-)
• Turkish: ferraş

See also

• upholstery

Anagrams

• re-upholster, reupholster