tailor

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English

Alternative forms

• tailour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tailour, from Old French tailleor, from tailler, from Late Latin taliare, from Latin talea ("a cutting").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈteɪlə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə(r)

Noun

tailor (plural tailors)

1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
2. The fish Pomatomus saltatrix.

Derived terms

• tailoress
• tailor-fashion
• tailor-made
• tailor's chalk
• tailor's dummy

Translations

person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing as profession

Arabic: خيّاط (ar) (khayyaaT) m. Azeri: dərzi (az) Basque: jostun (eu) Bosnian: krojač (bs) m., krojačica (bs) f. Bulgarian: абаджия (bg) (abadžíja) m., абаджийка (bg) (abadžíjka) f. Catalan: sastre m. Chinese: Mandarin: 裁縫 (zh), 裁缝 (zh) (cáiféng, cáifeng) Croatian: kròjāč (hr) m., krojàčica (hr) f. Czech: krejčí (cs) m. Danish: skrædder (da) c., skrædderske (da) c. Dutch: kleermaker (nl) m., kleermaakster f. Esperanto: (male or female, generic) tajloro (eo), (male) virtajloro (eo), (female) tajlorino (eo) Finnish: räätäli (fi), vaatturi (fi) French: tailleur (fr) m., tailleuse (fr) Galician: xastre (gl) m. German: Schneider (de) m., Schneiderin (de) f. Hindi: दर्ज़ी (hi) (darzī) m. Hungarian: szabó (hu) Icelandic: klæðskeri (is) m., skraddari (is) m. Italian: sarto (it) Japanese: 仕立て屋 (ja) (したてや, shitateya), テーラー (ja) (tērā) Macedonian: кројач (mk) (krójač) m.

Maltese: ħajjat m., ħajjata f. Norwegian: Bokmål: skredder (no) m., skredderske (no) f. Nynorsk: skreddar (nn) m. Persian: درزی (fa) (darzi) Polish: krawiec (pl) m., krawcowa (pl) f. Portuguese: alfaiate (pt) m. Romanian: croitor m., croitoreasă f. Russian: портной (ru) (portnój) m., портниха (ru) (portníxa) f. Scottish Gaelic: tàillear m. Serbian: Cyrillic: кројач m., кројачица f. Roman: krojač m., krojačica f. Slovak: krajčír (sk) m. Slovene: krojač (sl) m. Spanish: sastre (es) m., modisto (es) m., modista (es) f. Swedish: skräddare (sv) c., skrädderska (sv) c. Telugu: దర్జీ (darjee) Turkish: terzi (tr) Urdu: درزی (ur) (darzī) m. Volapük: (male or female) skrädan (vo), (male) hiskrädan (vo), (female) jiskrädan (vo) Welsh: teiliwr (cy) m. Yiddish: שנײַדער (yi) (shnayder) m., שנײַדערקע (yi) (shnayderke) f.

fish

Bulgarian: лефер (bg) m. Catalan: tallahams (ca) m. Finnish: sinikala (fi) French: tassergal (fr) m. Georgian: ლუფარი (ka) (lup‘ari) German: Blaufisch (de) m. Greek: γοφάρι (el) n.

Lithuanian: melsvieji ešeriai (lt) Portuguese: anchova (pt) f., enchova (pt) f. Romanian: lufar (ro) Spanish: anjora (es) f. Swedish: blåfisk (sv) c. Turkish: lüfer (tr)

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Esperanto: kudristo Latvian: drēbnieks

Related terms

• dressmaker
• seamster

Verb

tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored)

1. (transitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.
2. (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
3. (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need, e.g. a narrowly tailored law.

Translations

make, repair, or alter clothing

Bosnian: krojiti (bs) Croatian: kròjiti (hr) Dutch: kleermaken Finnish: vaatehtia (fi) German: schneidern Macedonian: крои (mk) (krói) Malay: jahit (ms)

Romanian: croi (ro) Russian: шить (ru) Serbian: Cyrillic: кројити Roman: krojiti Slovene: krojiti (sl) Spanish: confeccionar (es)

restrict something to particular need

Bosnian: ukrojiti Croatian: kròjiti (hr) Dutch: aanpassen (nl) Finnish: räätälöidä (fi) French: adapter (fr) German: zuschneiden (de), anpassen (de) Macedonian: скројува (mk) (skrójuva)

Russian: приспосабливать (ru) Serbian: Cyrillic: укројити Roman: ukrojiti Slovene: ukrojiti Spanish: adaptar (es), entallar (es) Swedish: skrädarsy (sv)

References

• Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.