designer

See also: désigner

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *segnom

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *segnāō

Latin signō

Latin designōder.

Old French designerder.

Middle English designen

English design

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English designer

From design + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

designer (plural designers)

1. A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
   • 2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     While the thought of a home urinal may seem vaguely “Animal House,” Mr. Scherer’s interior designer, Ashley Astleford, wasn’t surprised by his request. This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.

   • 2024 September 21, Eve Livingston, “‘Students want to stay here now rather than disappear to London’: how design transformed the city of Dundee”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     The ­festival, held every two years, showcases work by more than 180 designers across disciplines including textiles, homeware and more. […] “For us, it’s about getting design and creativity out into communities across the city. With the festival, we want to build capacity, grow skills, employ people and create opportunities to make a living from being a designer here.”

2. A plotter or schemer.
3. (computing) A software tool for designing things.

   a font designer

   a level designer for a video game

Derived terms

• codesigner
• designerati
• designer breed
• designer crossbreed
• designer dyke
• designer label
• designerless
• designerly
• designership
• designer stubble
• designerwear
• fashion designer
• graphic designer
• industrial designer
• intelligent designer
• interior designer
• motion designer
• nondesigner
• set designer
• sound designer
• type designer
• web designer

Descendants

• → Dutch: designer
• → Finnish: designer
• → French: designer
• → Italian: designer
• → Japanese: デザイナー (dezainā)
• → Korean: 디자이너 (dijaineo)
• → Portuguese: designer
• → Russian: диза́йнер (dizájner) (see there for further descendants)
• → Swedish: designer

Translations

person who designs

• Albanian: projektues (sq) m, konstruktor (sq) m, modelist (sq) m
• Arabic: مُصَمِّم m (muṣammim), مُصَمِّمَة f (muṣammima)
• Armenian: դիզայներ (hy) (dizayner)
• Azerbaijani: dizayner
• Belarusian: дыза́йнер m (dyzájnjer)
• Bulgarian: диза́йнер m (dizájner), диза́йнерка f (dizájnerka)
• Burmese: ဒီဇိုင်နာ (dijuingna)
• Catalan: dissenyador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設計師 / 设计师 (zh) (shèjìshī), 設計家 / 设计家 (zh) (shèjìjiā)

• Czech: návrhář m, návrhářka f
• Danish: designer c
• Dutch: ontwerper (nl) m, designer (nl) m
• Esperanto: (graphic designer) grafikisto, dezajnisto
• Estonian: disainer
• Finnish: suunnittelija (fi), muotoilija (fi), designer (fi)
• French: designer (fr) m, styliste (fr) m or f, designeur (fr) m, designeuse (fr) f
• Georgian: დიზაინერი (dizaineri)
• German: Designer (de) m, Designerin (de) f
• Greek: σχεδιαστής (el) m (schediastís), σχεδιάστρια (el) f (schediástria)
• Hebrew: מְעַצֵּב m
• Hindi: डिज़ाइनर m (ḍizāinar)
• Hungarian: formatervező (hu)
• Italian: designer (it) m or f, progettista (it) m or f
• Japanese: デザイナー (ja) (dezainā), 設計士 (せっけいし, sekkeishi)
• Kazakh: дизайнер (dıyzayner)
• Khmer: អ្នករចនា (nĕək raʼcaʼnaa)
• Korean: 디자이너 (ko) (dijaineo)
• Kyrgyz: дизайнер (dizayner), шөкөтчү (şökötcü)
• Lao: ຜູ້ອອກແບບ (phū ʼǭk bǣp)
• Latvian: dizainers m, dizainere f
• Lithuanian: dizaineris m
• Macedonian: дизајнер m (dizajner), дизајнерка f (dizajnerka)
• Māori: kaihoahoa
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дизайнер (mn) (dizajner)

  Mongolian script: ᠳ᠋ᠢᠽᠠᠶᠢᠨᠧᠷ (dizayinēr)

• Navajo: nahatʼáʼii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: designer m

  Nynorsk: designar (no) m

• Persian: طراح (fa) (tarâh)
• Polish: projektant (pl) m, projektantka (pl) f
• Portuguese: desenhador (pt) m, desenhadora f, desenhista (pt) m or f, designer (pt) m or f
• Romanian: proiectant (ro) m, designer (ro) m
• Russian: диза́йнер (ru) m (dizájner)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: диза̀јнер m

  Latin: dizàjner (sh) m

• Slovak: návrhár m, návrhárka f, dizajnér m, dizajnérka f
• Slovene: oblikovalec m, oblikovalka f
• Spanish: diseñador (es) m, diseñadora (es) f
• Swedish: designer (sv) c, formgivare (sv) c
• Tajik: дизайнер (dizayner), дизайнгар (dizayngar), зебосоз (zebosoz)
• Tatar: дизайнер (dizayner)
• Thai: ผู้ออกแบบ (pûu-ɔ̀ɔk-bɛ̀ɛp), นักออกแบบ (nák-ɔ̀ɔk-bɛ̀ɛp-fɛɛ-chân)
• Turkish: tasarımcı (tr), dizayncı (tr)
• Turkmen: dizaýner
• Ukrainian: диза́йнер (uk) m (dyzájner)
• Urdu: ڈیزائنر m (ḍizāinar), نقاش m (naqqāś)
• Uyghur: لايىھىلىگۈچى (layihiligüchi)
• Uzbek: dizayner (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà thiết kế
• Welsh: dyluniwr m, dyluniwres f, dyluniwyr m pl, dylunydd m or f

Adjective

designer (not comparable)

1. Created by a designer, especially a fashion designer.

   designer swimwear

   a designer briefcase

Derived terms

• designer baby
• designer dog
• designer drug

Anagrams

• resigned, Deerings, re-design, reedings, re-signed, Edingers, enridges, energids, redesign

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English designer. Equivalent to designen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈzɑi̯.nər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner

Noun

designer m (plural designers, diminutive designertje n)

1. designer

Synonyms

• ontwerper

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdisɑi̯ner/, [ˈdis̠ɑ̝i̯ne̞r]
• Rhymes: -isɑiner

Noun

designer

1. designer

   Synonym: suunnittelija

Declension

Inflection of designer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		designer	designerit
genitive		designerin	designerien designereiden designereitten
partitive		designeria	designereita designereja
illative		designeriin	designereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		designer	designerit
accusative	nom.	designer	designerit
	gen.	designerin
genitive		designerin	designerien designereiden designereitten
partitive		designeria	designereita designereja
inessive		designerissa	designereissa
elative		designerista	designereista
illative		designeriin	designereihin
adessive		designerilla	designereilla
ablative		designerilta	designereilta
allative		designerille	designereille
essive		designerina	designereina
translative		designeriksi	designereiksi
abessive		designeritta	designereitta
instructive		—	designerein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of designer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative designerini designerini accusative nom. designerini designerini gen. designerini genitive designerini designerieni designereideni designereitteni partitive designeriani designereitani designerejani inessive designerissani designereissani elative designeristani designereistani illative designeriini designereihini adessive designerillani designereillani ablative designeriltani designereiltani allative designerilleni designereilleni essive designerinani designereinani translative designerikseni designereikseni abessive designerittani designereittani instructive — — comitative — designereineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative designerisi designerisi accusative nom. designerisi designerisi gen. designerisi genitive designerisi designeriesi designereidesi designereittesi partitive designeriasi designereitasi designerejasi inessive designerissasi designereissasi elative designeristasi designereistasi illative designeriisi designereihisi adessive designerillasi designereillasi ablative designeriltasi designereiltasi allative designerillesi designereillesi essive designerinasi designereinasi translative designeriksesi designereiksesi abessive designerittasi designereittasi instructive — — comitative — designereinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative designerimme designerimme accusative nom. designerimme designerimme gen. designerimme genitive designerimme designeriemme designereidemme designereittemme partitive designeriamme designereitamme designerejamme inessive designerissamme designereissamme elative designeristamme designereistamme illative designeriimme designereihimme adessive designerillamme designereillamme ablative designeriltamme designereiltamme allative designerillemme designereillemme essive designerinamme designereinamme translative designeriksemme designereiksemme abessive designerittamme designereittamme instructive — — comitative — designereinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative designerinne designerinne accusative nom. designerinne designerinne gen. designerinne genitive designerinne designerienne designereidenne designereittenne partitive designerianne designereitanne designerejanne inessive designerissanne designereissanne elative designeristanne designereistanne illative designeriinne designereihinne adessive designerillanne designereillanne ablative designeriltanne designereiltanne allative designerillenne designereillenne essive designerinanne designereinanne translative designeriksenne designereiksenne abessive designerittanne designereittanne instructive — — comitative — designereinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative designerinsa designerinsa accusative nom. designerinsa designerinsa gen. designerinsa genitive designerinsa designeriensa designereidensa designereittensa partitive designeriaan designeriansa designereitaan designerejaan designereitansa designerejansa inessive designerissaan designerissansa designereissaan designereissansa elative designeristaan designeristansa designereistaan designereistansa illative designeriinsa designereihinsa adessive designerillaan designerillansa designereillaan designereillansa ablative designeriltaan designeriltansa designereiltaan designereiltansa allative designerilleen designerillensa designereilleen designereillensa essive designerinaan designerinansa designereinaan designereinansa translative designerikseen designeriksensa designereikseen designereiksensa abessive designerittaan designerittansa designereittaan designereittansa instructive — — comitative — designereineen designereinensa

Further reading

• “designer”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.zaj.nœʁ/

Noun

designer m (plural designers)

1. designer

Etymology 2

From English design +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.zaj.ne/

Verb

designer

1. to design

Conjugation

Conjugation of designer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	designer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	designant /di.zaj.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		designé /di.zaj.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	designe /di.zajn/	designes /di.zajn/	designe /di.zajn/	designons /di.zaj.nɔ̃/	designez /di.zaj.ne/	designent /di.zajn/
	imperfect	designais /di.zaj.nɛ/	designais /di.zaj.nɛ/	designait /di.zaj.nɛ/	designions /di.zaj.njɔ̃/	designiez /di.zaj.nje/	designaient /di.zaj.nɛ/
	past historic2	designai /di.zaj.ne/	designas /di.zaj.na/	designa /di.zaj.na/	designâmes /di.zaj.nam/	designâtes /di.zaj.nat/	designèrent /di.zaj.nɛʁ/
	future	designerai /di.zaj.nə.ʁe/	designeras /di.zaj.nə.ʁa/	designera /di.zaj.nə.ʁa/	designerons /di.zaj.nə.ʁɔ̃/	designerez /di.zaj.nə.ʁe/	designeront /di.zaj.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	designerais /di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/	designerais /di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/	designerait /di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/	designerions /di.zaj.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	designeriez /di.zaj.nə.ʁje/	designeraient /di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	designe /di.zajn/	designes /di.zajn/	designe /di.zajn/	designions /di.zaj.njɔ̃/	designiez /di.zaj.nje/	designent /di.zajn/
	imperfect2	designasse /di.zaj.nas/	designasses /di.zaj.nas/	designât /di.zaj.na/	designassions /di.zaj.na.sjɔ̃/	designassiez /di.zaj.na.sje/	designassent /di.zaj.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	designe /di.zajn/	—	designons /di.zaj.nɔ̃/	designez /di.zaj.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “designer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• dénigres, dénigrés, geindres, gredines

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.ner/
• Rhymes: -ajner

Noun

designer m or f by sense (invariable)

1. designer (especially one who designs furniture or other industrial products)

Latin

Verb

dēsigner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēsignō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

designer

1. present tense of designe

Polish

Alternative forms

• dizajner

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *segnom

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *segnāō

Latin signō

Latin designōder.

Old French designerder.

Middle English designen

English design

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English designerubor.

Polish designer

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈzaj.nɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ajnɛr
• Syllabification: de‧sig‧ner
• Homophone: dizajner

Noun

designer m pers (female equivalent designerka)

1. (design) designer (person who designs usable objects)

   Hypernym: projektant

Declension

Declension of designer

	singular	plural
nominative	designer	designerzy/designery (deprecative)
genitive	designera	designerów
dative	designerowi	designerom
accusative	designera	designerów
instrumental	designerem	designerami
locative	designerze	designerach
vocative	designerze	designerzy

Derived terms

adjective

• designerski

Related terms

noun

• design

Further reading

• “designer”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “designer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *segnom

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *segnāō

Latin signō

Latin designōder.

Old French designerder.

Middle English designen

English design

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English designerubor.

Portuguese designer

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.neʁ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.neʁ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.neɾ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.neʁ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.neɻ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈzaj.nɛɾ/

• Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner

Noun

designer m or f by sense (plural designers)

1. designer (person who designs)

Further reading

• “designer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “designer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Noun

designer m (plural designeri)

1. designer

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	designer	designerul	designeri	designerii
genitive-dative	designer	designerului	designeri	designerilor
vocative	designerule		designerilor

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

designer

1. indefinite plural of design

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English designer.

Noun

designer c

1. a designer

Declension

Declension of designer

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	designer	designers
	definite	designern	designerns
plural	indefinite	designer	designers
	definite	designerna	designernas