tailor

See also: Tailor

English

Alternative forms

• tailour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin taliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪlɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪlə/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: tailer
• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

tailor (plural tailors)

1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

   He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.

2. (Australia) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
   • 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)

     The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.

Synonyms

• (fish): bluefish

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• dressmaker
• seamster

Translations

person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing as profession

• Arabic: خَيَّاط m (ḵayyāṭ), تَرْزِي m (tarzī), خَيَّاطَة f (ḵayyāṭa)

  Egyptian Arabic: خياط m (ḵayāṭ), ترزي m (tarzī)

• Armenian: դերձակ (hy) (derjak)
• Assamese: দৰ্জী (dorzi)
• Asturian: xastre m, sastre m
• Azerbaijani: dərzi (az)
• Basque: jostun (eu)
• Belarusian: краве́ц m (kravjéc), краўчы́ха f (kraŭčýxa)
• Bengali: দৰ্জী (bn) (dorzī)
• Breton: kemener (br)
• Bulgarian: абаджи́я (bg) m (abadžíja), абаджи́йка f (abadžíjka)
• Catalan: sastre (ca) m, sastressa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裁縫／裁缝 (zh), 裁缝 (zh) (cáifeng)

• Cornish: tregher m
• Czech: krejčí (cs) m
• Danish: skrædder (da) c, skrædderske c (female)
• Dutch: kleermaker (nl) m, kleermaakster (nl) f
• Esperanto: tajloro (eo), virtajloro (male), tajlorino (female)
• Estonian: rätsep
• Faroese: skraddari m
• Finnish: räätäli (fi), vaatturi (fi)
• French: tailleur (fr) m, tailleuse (fr) f
• Galician: xastre (gl) m, alfaiate (gl) m (archaic)
• Georgian: მკერავი (mḳeravi), მკერავი (mḳeravi), თერძი (terʒi)
• German: Schneider (de) m, Schneiderin (de) f
• Greek: ράπτης (el) m (ráptis), ράφτης (el) m (ráftis), μόδιστρος (el) m (módistros) μοδίστρα (el) f (modístra)
• Hebrew: חיט (he) m
• Hindi: दर्ज़ी m (darzī)
• Hungarian: szabó (hu)
• Icelandic: klæðskeri (is) m, skraddari m
• Irish: táilliúir m

  Middle Irish: táilliúr m

• Italian: sarto (it) m, sarta (it) f
• Japanese: 仕立て屋 (ja) (したてや, shitateya), テーラー (ja) (tērā)
• Kazakh: тігінші (kk) (tıgınşı)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 재단사 (ko) (jaedansa)
• Kyrgyz: тикмечи (ky) (tikmeci)
• Lao: ຊ່າງຕັດເຄື່ອງຜູ້ຊາຍ (sāng tat khư̄ang phū sāi)
• Latin: sartor m, sartrīx f, scissor m, vestitor m
• Latvian: drēbnieks m
• Lithuanian: siuvėjas m, siuvėja f
• Livonian: skrūodõr
• Low German:

  German Low German: Snieder m, Sniederin f, Sniedersch f, Sniedersche f

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• Macedonian: кројач m (krojač)
• Malay: tukang jahit
• Maltese: ħajjat m, ħajjata f
• Manx: thalhear m
• Maori: kaitui
• Norman: couôtuthyi m (Jersey), couôtuthiéthe f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skredder m, skredderske f

  Nynorsk: skreddar m

• Occitan: sartre (oc) m, sastre m
• Old English: sēamere m, sēamestre f
• Old Norse: skraddari m
• Persian: درزی (fa) (darzi), خیاط (fa) (xayyât)
• Plautdietsch: Schnieda m
• Polish: krawiec (pl) m, krawcowa (pl) f, krawczyni (pl) f (regional), szwoczka (pl) f (Cieszyn Silesia)
• Portuguese: alfaiate (pt) m, alfaiata (pt) f
• Romanian: croitor (ro) m, croitoreasă (ro) f
• Russian: портно́й (ru) m (portnój), портни́ха (ru) f (portníxa), швец (ru) m (švec), швея́ (ru) f (švejá)
• Scottish Gaelic: tàillear m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кројач m, кројачица f

  Roman: krojač (sh) m, krojačica (sh) f

• Slovak: krajčír m
• Slovene: krojáč (sl) m, krojáčica f
• Spanish: sastre (es) m or f, modisto (es) m, modista m or f
• Swahili: mshonaji
• Swedish: skräddare (sv) c, skrädderska (sv) c (female)
• Tagalog: mananahi, sastre
• Tajik: либосдӯз (libosdüz), дарзӣ (darzi), дӯзанда (düzanda), хайёт (xayyot), мошиначӣ (mošinači)
• Telugu: దర్జీ (te) (darjī)
• Thai: ช่างตัดเสื้อ (châang-dtàt-sʉ̂ʉa)
• Turkish: terzi (tr), dikişçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: краве́ць (uk) m (kravécʹ), кравчи́ня f (kravčýnja)
• Urdu: درزی m (darzī)
• Uzbek: mashinachi (uz), tikuvchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: thợ may (vi)
• Volapük: skrädan (vo), hiskrädan (male), jiskrädan (female)
• Welsh: teiliwr m
• Yiddish: שנײַדער m (shnayder), שנײַדערקע f (shnayderke)

Pomatomus saltatrix — see bluefish

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kudristo (eo)
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• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} drēbnieks

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.

   We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.

2. (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.

   The website was tailored to the client's needs.

3. (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

   a narrowly tailored law

Translations

make, repair, or alter clothing

• Bulgarian: шия (bg) (šija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 量身定做

  Cantonese: 度身訂造／度身订造

• Dutch: kleermaken (nl)
• Finnish: räätälöidä (fi); korjailla (fi) (to repair or alter)
• Georgian: გაკერავს (gaḳeravs)
• German: schneidern (de)
• Macedonian: крои (kroi)
• Malay: jahit (ms)
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• Portuguese: alfaiatar
• Romanian: croi (ro)
• Russian: шить (ru) (šitʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кројити

  Roman: krojiti (sh)

• Slovene: krojiti
• Spanish: confeccionar (es)

adapt for a specific need

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: räätälöidä (fi)
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• Italian: calibrare (it)
• Romanian: adapta (ro)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

restrict something to particular need

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: aanpassen (nl)
• Finnish: räätälöidä (fi)
• French: adapter (fr)
• German: zuschneiden (de), anpassen (de)
• Macedonian: скројува (skrojuva)
• Portuguese: adaptar (pt), ajustar (pt)
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• Romanian: adapta (ro)
• Russian: приспоса́бливать (ru) (prisposáblivatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: укројити, кројити

  Roman: ukrojiti, krojiti (sh)

• Slovene: ukrojiti
• Spanish: adaptar (es), entallar (es)
• Swedish: skrädarsy, anpassa (sv)

See also

• Taylor

References

• Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Liator, Rialto, Triola