maker

See also: Maker, måker, and -maker

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkə(r)

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
2. (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God.
3. (now rare) A poet.
   • 2000, Alasdair Gray, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury 2002, p. 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.

Derived terms

• bookmaker
• brushmaker
• carmaker
• decision maker
• funmaker
• hitmaker
• holiday-maker, holidaymaker
• homemaker
• papermaker
• rainmaker
• shoemaker
• shotmaker
• troublemaker
• widow-maker

 

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to maker

• make

• makeover

Translations

one who makes

• Arabic: صَانِع m (ṣāniʕ)

  Egyptian Arabic: صنيعي m (ṣanayʿi)

• Aromanian: fãcãtor m
• Catalan: fabricant (ca) m, faedor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 製造者／制造者 (zh) (zhìzàozhě), 制造者 (zh) (zhìzàozhě)

• Danish: fabrikant
• Dutch: maker (nl) m
• Finnish: tekijä (fi), luoja (fi), tuottaja (fi)
• French: faiseur (fr) m, fabricant (fr) m, créateur (fr) m
• Friulian: fatôr m
• Galician: facedor (gl) m
• German: Macher (de) m, Hersteller (de) m, Fabrikant (de) m
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• Greek: δημιουργός (el) (dimiourgós), κατασκευαστής (el) (kataskevastís)
• Italian: fattore (it) m, facitore m
• Japanese: メーカー (ja) (mēkā)
• Kabuverdianu: buldonhe
• Latin: factor m, fabricator m
• Occitan: faseire (oc) m, fasedor (oc) 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
• Swedish: tillverkare (sv) c
• Turkish: yapan, yapıcı (tr), yapımcı (tr)
• Zulu: umenzi class 1/2

one who signs a check or promissory note

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Anagrams

• kerma, marke

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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

Anagrams

• kamer

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maker m

1. indefinite plural of make