DIY

English

Etymology

Initialism of do it yourself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiaɪˈwaɪ/

Noun

DIY (uncountable)

1. Initialism of do it yourself.
   • 1990, David Cohen, Being a Man‎^[1]:

     According to market research, many men list DIY as one of their main hobbies.

Translations

do it yourself — see also do it yourself

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: TSI (rare; "tee se itse" is more common)
• French: bricolage (fr) m
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• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: barkácsolás (hu), fúrás-faragás
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: hazlo tú mismo, ^{(please verify)} hágalo usted mismo

Verb

DIY (third-person singular simple present DIYs, present participle DIYing or DIY-ing, simple past and past participle DIYed)

1. To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
   • 2007 [publication date], Maggie Bullock, "Home Improvement", Elle, January 2008 ed., page 108,

     Huber was a physicist. Even top Estée Lauder chemists who took over for Huber in 1995 found that... any attempt to cheat on his original formula produced disappointing results, which demands the question: If they couldn't DIY, can you?

Derived terms

• DIYer

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tehdä (jotain) itse
• French: bricoler (fr)
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• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: barkácsol (hu), fúr-farag
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: hazlo tú mismo

Adjective

DIY (comparative more DIY, superlative most DIY)

1. do-it-yourself
   • 2016, Michael Croland, Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk: Jews and Punk

     That is more DIY, more punk, anyway.

Translations

do-it-yourself — see do-it-yourself

Anagrams

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