dyer

See also: Dyer and d'yer

English

Etymology

dye +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪə/
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

dyer (plural dyers)

One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.

Synonyms

dyester
litster (archaic, UK, Scotland)

Related terms

dyer’s broom
dyer’s rocket
dyer’s weed

Translations

one whose occupation is to dye

Albanian: bojaxhi (sq) m
Arabic: صَبَّاغ‎ m (ṣabbāḡ), صَبَّاغَة‎ f (ṣabbāḡa)
Armenian: ներկարար (hy) (nerkarar)
Belarusian: фарбава́льшчык m (farbaválʹščyk), фарбава́льшчыца f (farbaválʹščyca)
Bengali: রংরেজ (rôṅrej), অনুরঞ্জন (bn) (ônurôñjônô)
Bulgarian: бояджи́я m (bojadžíja), бояджи́йка f (bojadžíjka)
Catalan: tintorer m
Czech: barvíř m, barvířka f, barvič m, barvička (cs) f
Dutch: verver (nl) m
Esperanto: kolorigisto
Finnish: värjäri (fi)
French: teinturier (fr) m, teinturière (fr) f
Galician: tintureiro m
German: Färber (de) m, Färberin f
Greek:
Ancient: βαφεύς m (bapheús)
Hindi: रंगरेज़ m (raṅgrez)
Hungarian: kelmefestő (hu)
Irish: clódóir m, ruaimneoir m
Latin: tinctor m
Macedonian: бојаџија m (bojadžija)
Maori: kaitāwai
Polish: farbiarz (pl) m, farbiarka f, barwiarz m, barwiarka f
Portuguese: tintureiro (pt) m
Romanian: vopsitor (ro) m, vopsitoare (ro) f, boiangiu (ro) m
Russian: краси́льщик (ru) m (krasílʹščik), краси́льщица (ru) f (krasílʹščica)
Slovak: farbiar (sk) m, farbiarka f
Spanish: tintorero m, tintorera f
Turkish: boyacı (tr)
Ukrainian: фарба́р m (farbár), фарба́рка m (farbárka), краси́льник m (krasýlʹnyk), краси́льниця f (krasýlʹnycja), фарбува́льник m (farbuválʹnyk), фарбува́льниця f (farbuválʹnycja)
Welsh: lliwydd m

Anagrams

Dery, Drey, Drye, Ryde, drey, yerd