English
Etymology
From seamster + -ess
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (traditional) /ˈsɛm(p).stɹɪs/, (now more common) /ˈsiːm(p).stɹɪs/
Noun
seamstress (plural seamstresses)
- A woman who sews clothes professionally.
Translations
a woman who sews clothes professionally
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 女裁縫／女裁缝, 女裁缝 (nǚcáifeng)
- Czech: švadlena (cs) f
- Danish: syerske (da)
- Finnish: ompelijatar (fi)
- French: couturière (fr) f
- German: Näherin (de) f, Weißnäherin f
- Hebrew: תופרת (tophérét)
- Hungarian: varrónő (hu)
- Irish: bean fuála f, maintín f
- Italian: sarta (it) f, cucitrice f
- Japanese: 針子 (はりこ, hariko), 裁縫師 (さいほうし, saihōshi)
- Macedonian: шивачка f (šivačka)
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- Maori: kaitui
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: syerske m or f, sydame m or f
- Nynorsk: syerske f, sydame f
- Old English: sēamestre f
- Polish: szwaczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: costureira (pt) f
- Romanian: croitoreasă (ro) f, cusătoreasă (ro) f (dated, rare), cuturieră f (rare)
- Russian: швея́ (ru) f (švejá)
- Spanish: costurera f
- Swedish: sömmerska (sv) c
- Volapük: nägan m or f, hinägan m, jinägan (vo) f
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