designer

designer

See also: Designer and désigner

English

Etymology

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.
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

• designer dyke
• designer label
• designership
• designer stubble
• fashion designer
• graphic designer
• intelligent designer
• interior designer
• motion designer
• set 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 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 Japanese: デザイナー (ja) (dezainā), 設計士 (せっけいし, sekkeishi) Kazakh: дизайнер (dizainer) Khmer: អ្នករចនា (nĕək raʼcaʼnaa) Korean: 디자이너 (ko) (dijaineo) Kyrgyz: дизайнер (dizayner), шөкөтчү (şökötçü) Lao: ຜູ້ອອກແບບ (phū ʼǭk bǣp) Latvian: dizainers m, dizainere f Lithuanian: dizaineris m Macedonian: дизајнер m (dizajner), дизајнерка f (dizajnerka) Maori: kaihoahoa Mongolian: Cyrillic: дизайнер (mn) (dizajner) Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠢᠽᠠᠶᠢᠨᠧᠷ (dizayinēr) Norwegian: Bokmål: designer 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 Roman: 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

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

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈzɑi̯.nər/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner

Noun

designer m (plural designers, diminutive designertje n)

1. designer

Synonyms

• ontwerper

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdisɑi̯ner/, [ˈdis̠ɑi̯ne̞r]

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
instructive		—	designerein
abessive		designeritta	designereitta
comitative		—	designereineen

Possessive forms of designer (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	designerini	designerimme
2nd person	designerisi	designerinne
3rd person	designerinsa

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French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.zaj.nœʁ/

Noun

designer m (plural designers)

1. designer

Etymology 2

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

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.ner/[1]
• Rhymes: -ajner

Noun

designer m or f by sense (invariable)

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

References

1. designer in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

Verb

dēsigner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēsignō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

designer

1. present tense of designe

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Polish

Alternative forms

• dizajner

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈzaj.nɛr/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Noun

designer m pers (feminine designerka)

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

   Hypernym: projektant

Declension

Declension of designer

	singular	plural
nominative	designer	designerzy
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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• designer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neɾ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neɻ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈzaj.naɾ/

Noun

designer m or f by sense (plural designers)

1. designer (person who designs)

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Noun

designer m (plural designeri)

1. designer

Declension

Declension of designer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) designer	designerul	(niște) designeri	designerii
genitive/dative	(unui) designer	designerului	(unor) designeri	designerilor
vocative	designerule		designerilor

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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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	designer	designern	designer	designerna
Genitive	designers	designerns	designers	designernas