maker

See also: Maker, måker, and -maker

English

Etymology

From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make +‎ -er. Compare Scots makar, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager, Swedish makare. Doublet of makar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 186:

     The silhouette sharpens and fades as the carving is moved before the flames of the hearth, its maker grunts in perfect imitation of the ancestor - a human-lioness in oestrus.

2. (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God.
3. (now rare) A poet.
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:

     Set ſophia aſyde, for euery iack raker
     And euery mad medler muſt now be a maker

   • 2000, Alasdair Gray, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 9:

     It is refreshing to read how makers find great allies in the past to help them tackle the present. It helps us to see that literature is a conversation across boundaries of nation, century and language.

4. (law) Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.

Coordinate terms

• artisan
• builder
• creator
• doer
• fabricator
• manufacturer
• worker

 

Derived terms

• angel maker
• armsmaker
• bodymaker
• bogus-maker
• bookmaker
• bow maker
• bread maker
• brushmaker
• cabinet maker
• carmaker
• changemaker
• coffee maker
• cuckold-maker
• culture maker
• deal-maker
• decision maker
• difference maker
• difference-maker
• fell-maker
• feltmaker
• film maker
• film-maker
• funmaker
• hitmaker
• holiday-maker, holidaymaker
• homemaker
• ice cream maker
• lampmaker
• lossmaker, loss-maker
• maker-outer
• makerspace
• maker-upper
• market maker
• match-maker
• meet one's maker
• merry-maker
• milk maker
• mischief-maker
• modelmaker, model maker
• money maker
• money-maker
• opinion-maker
• opinion maker
• organmaker
• pancake-maker
• papermaker
• passage maker
• pattern maker
• policy maker
• posture-maker
• poundmaker
• price maker
• programme-maker
• rainmaker
• saggar maker
• scentmaker
• shoemaker
• shotmaker
• slut-maker
• soy milk maker
• star-maker
• steel-maker
• tent-maker
• toastie maker
• trap maker
• troublemaker
• trouble-maker
• trouble maker
• trunk-maker
• violin maker
• widow maker
• widow-maker
• will-maker

 

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to maker

• make
• makeover
• making (noun)

Translations

one who makes

• Aghwan: 𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (baal)
• Arabic: صَانِع‎ m (ṣāniʕ), صَائِغ‎ m (ṣāʔiḡ), مُنْتِج‎ m (muntij)

  Egyptian Arabic: صنيعي‎ m (ṣanayʕi)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Aromanian: fãcãtor m
• Basque: egile (eu)
• Bikol Central: paragibo
• Bulgarian: създател (bg) m (sǎzdatel), производител m (proizvoditel)
• Catalan: fabricant (ca) m, faedor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 製造者／制造者 (zh) (zhìzàozhě)

• Danish: fabrikant
• Dutch: maker (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tekijä (fi), luoja (fi), tuottaja (fi)
• French: faiseur (fr) m, fabricant (fr) m, créateur (fr) m
• Friulian: fatôr m
• Galician: facedor (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Macher (de) m, Hersteller (de) m, Fabrikant (de) m
• Greek: δημιουργός (el) (dimiourgós), κατασκευαστής (el) (kataskevastís)

  Ancient: ποιητής m (poiētḗs), (suffix) -ποιός m (-poiós)

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: fattore (it) m, facitore m
• Japanese: 作者 (ja) (さくしゃ, sakusha), 作り手 (つくりて, tsukuri te), メーカー (ja) (mēkā) (factory or company)
• Kabuverdianu: buldonhe
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: factor m, fabricator m
• Middle English: maker
• Occitan: faseire (oc) m, fasedor (oc) m
• Old English: wyrhta m
• Portuguese: fazedor
• Romanian: făcător (ro) m, fabricant (ro) m
• Russian: производи́тель (ru) m (proizvodítelʹ), созда́тель (ru) (sozdátelʹ), изготови́тель (ru) m (izgotovítelʹ)
• Scots: makar
• Spanish: hacedor m, fabricante (es) m
• Swedish: tillverkare (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yapan (tr), yapıcı (tr), yapımcı (tr)
• Udi: бал (bal)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: umenzi class 1/2

one who signs a check or promissory note

See also

• creator

Anagrams

• Kemar, kerma, marke

Dutch

Etymology

From maken (“to make”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.kər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ker
• Rhymes: -aːkər

Noun

maker m (plural makers, diminutive makertje n, feminine maakster)

1. maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)

Derived terms

• druktemaker
• fietsenmaker
• gangmaker
• praatjesmaker
• schoenmaker
• schoonmaker
• stratenmaker

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: mâker
• Negerhollands: maaker
• Skepi Creole Dutch: maker

Anagrams

• kamer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• makere, makiere, makyere, macare

Etymology

From maken +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkər(ə)/

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. God as creator of all.
2. Someone who makes; a craftsperson.
3. An author or other creative.
4. (rare) One who does.

Derived terms

• bellemaker
• monymaker
• patynmaker

Descendants

• English: maker
• Scots: maker, macker, makar
  • → English: makar
• Yola: maakere, maakeare

References

• “māker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maker m

1. indefinite plural of make