joiner

joiner

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪnə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English joynour (“maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.”), from Old French joigneor (“joiner, carpenter”), agent noun from joindre (“to join”), equivalent to join +‎ -er.

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
2. A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.

Hypernyms

• (maker of wooden furniture or fittings): carpenter

Translations

maker of wooden furniture

Arabic: نَجَّار‎ (ar) m (najjār) Armenian: հյուսն (hy) (hyusn), ատաղձագործ (hy) (atałjagorc), դուրգար (hy) (durgar) Old Armenian: հիւսն (hiwsn) Bulgarian: дърводелец (bg) m (dǎrvodelec) Catalan: fuster (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 木工 (zh) (mùgōng), 細木工／细木工 (zh) (xìmùgōng) Czech: truhlář (cs) Danish: møbelsnedker c Dutch: timmerman (nl) Faroese: møbilsnikkari m, møblasnikkari m Finnish: puuseppä (fi), hienopuuseppä (fi) French: menuisier (fr) m, ébéniste (fr) m Georgian: დურგალი (durgali), სარანდი (sarandi) German: Tischler (de) m, Schreiner (de) m Hungarian: asztalos (hu) Icelandic: smiður (is) m, trésmiður m, húsgagnasmiður m Irish: siúinéir (ga) m Italian: falegname (it) m Japanese: 指物師 (ja) (さしものし, sashimonoshi), 建具屋 (ja) (たてぐや, tateguya) Macedonian: сто́лар m (stólar), дограма́џија m (dogramádžija) Norwegian: Bokmål: møbelsnekker m Ottoman Turkish: طوغرامه‌جی‎ (doğramacı) Plautdietsch: Descha m Polish: stolarz (pl) m Portuguese: marceneiro (pt) m Romanian: tâmplar (ro) m, lemnar (ro) m, dulgher (ro) m Romansch: scrinari m Russian: столя́р (ru) m (stoljár), пло́тник (ru) m (plótnik), древоде́л m (drevodél), ме́бельщик (ru) m (mébelʹščik) Scottish Gaelic: saor m Slovak: stolár m Spanish: carpintero (es) m, ebanista (es) m Turkish: doğramacı (tr) Venetian: marangon (vec), tisler

Etymology 2

join +‎ -er

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
2. A person who joins societies or organizations.
   • 2004, Eugene Goodheart, Confessions of a Secular Jew: A Memoir‎:

     I am not a joiner. I am reluctant to sign up as a member of any organization, because I generally can't find myself or my ideas in it.

Derived terms

• zero-width joiner
• zero-width non-joiner

 

Translations

thing that joins

Bulgarian: съединител (bg) m (sǎedinitel) Finnish: liitin (fi), sovitin (fi) German: Bindeglied (de) n Macedonian: спојка f (spojka) Portuguese: juntador m Russian: соедини́тель (ru) m (sojedinítelʹ)

Anagrams

• rejoin

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Scots

Alternative forms

• jiner
• jyner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒəi.nər/, /ˈdʒoi.nər/

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. carpenter