dressmaker

English

Etymology

dress +‎ maker

Noun

dressmaker (plural dressmakers)

1. A person who makes dresses.

Usage notes

• This term may apply to a person of either gender, but is usually expected to be female.

Coordinate terms

• seamstress
• tailor

Translations

a person who makes dresses

• Bulgarian: шивачка (bg) (šivačka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裁縫 (cmn), 裁缝 (cmn) (cáiféng, cáifeng)

• Danish: syerske (da) c
• Finnish: ompelija (fi)
• French: couturière (fr) f
• German: Schneiderin (de) f

• Italian: sarta (it) f
• Japanese: 仕立て屋 (ja) (したてや, shitateya), ドレスメーカー (ja) (doresumēkā)
• Jèrriais: couôtuthiéthe f, couôtuthyi m
• Polish: krawcowa (pl) f
• Russian: портниха (ru) (portníxa) f, (dated) модистка (ru) (modístka) f
• Swedish: sömmerska (sv)
• Vilamovian: šnajder m, śnajder m