maker

maker

See also: Maker, måker, and -maker

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ə/

• Audio (RP)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

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.
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:

     Set ſophia aſyde, for euery iack raker
     And euery mad medler muſt now be a maker

   • 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.

Coordinate terms

• builder
• fabricator

 

Derived terms

• armsmaker
• bodymaker
• bookmaker
• brushmaker
• carmaker
• changemaker
• decision maker
• feltmaker
• film maker
• funmaker
• hitmaker
• holiday-maker, holidaymaker
• homemaker
• lampmaker
• lossmaker, loss-maker
• makerspace
• meet one's maker
• modelmaker, model maker
• organmaker
• papermaker
• poundmaker
• programme-maker
• rainmaker
• scentmaker
• shoemaker
• shotmaker
• troublemaker
• widow-maker

 

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to maker

• make
• makeover

Translations

one who makes

Aghwan: 𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (baal) Arabic: صَانِع‎ m (ṣāniʿ), صَائِغ‎ m (ṣāʾiḡ), مُنْتِج‎ m (muntij) Egyptian Arabic: صنيعي‎ m (ṣanayʿi) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Aromanian: fãcãtor m Basque: please add this translation if you can Bikol Central: paragibo Bulgarian: създател (bg) m (sǎzdatel), производител m (proizvoditel) Catalan: fabricant (ca) m, faedor m Chinese: Mandarin: 製造者／制造者 (zh) (zhìzàozhě) Danish: fabrikant Dutch: maker (nl) m Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tekijä (fi), luoja (fi), tuottaja (fi) French: faiseur (fr) m, fabricant (fr) m, créateur (fr) m Friulian: fatôr m Galician: facedor (gl) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Macher (de) m, Hersteller (de) m, Fabrikant (de) m Greek: δημιουργός (el) (dimiourgós), κατασκευαστής (el) (kataskevastís) Ancient: ποιητής m (poiētḗs), (suffix) -ποιός m (-poiós) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: fattore (it) m, facitore m Japanese: 作者 (ja) (さくしゃ, sakusha), 作り手 (つくりて, tsukuri te), メーカー (ja) (mēkā) (factory or company) Kabuverdianu: buldonhe Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: factor m, fabricator m Middle English: maker Occitan: faseire (oc) m, fasedor (oc) m Old English: wyrhta 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, fabricante (es) m Swedish: tillverkare (sv) c Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: yapan (tr), yapıcı (tr), yapımcı (tr) Udi: бал (bal) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Zulu: umenzi class 1/2

one who signs a check or promissory note

See also

• creator

Anagrams

• Kemar, 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

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: mâker
• Negerhollands: maaker
• Skepi Creole Dutch: maker

Anagrams

• kamer

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• makere, makiere, makyere, macare

Etymology

From maken +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkər(ə)/

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. God as creator of all.
2. Someone who makes; a craftsperson.
3. An author or other creative.
4. (rare) One who does.

Derived terms

• bellemaker
• monymaker
• patynmaker

Descendants

• English: maker
• Scots: maker, macker, makar
• Yola: maakere
  • → English: makar

References

• “māker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maker m

1. indefinite plural of make