painter

See also: Painter

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪntə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪntɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪntə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

A painter at work

From paint +‎ -er, influenced by Middle French paintre.

Noun

painter (plural painters)

An artist who paints pictures.
A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.

Derived terms

painter's colic
painter-stainer

Descendants

→ Scottish Gaelic: peantair

Translations

artist

Albanian: lyerës (sq) m, lyerëse (sq) f, piktor (sq) m,
Arabic: رَسَّام‎ m (rassām), فَنَّان‎ m (fannān), رَسَّامَة‎ f (rassāma), فَنَّانَة‎ f (fannāna)
Egyptian Arabic: رسام‎ m (rassām), فنان‎ m (fanān)
Hijazi Arabic: رَسَّام‎ m (rassām), فَنَّان‎ m (fanān)
Armenian: նկարիչ (hy) (nkaričʿ)
Asturian: pintor m
Azerbaijani: rəssam (az)
Bashkir: рәссам (rässam)
Basque: margolari
Belarusian: маста́к m (masták), маста́чка f (mastáčka), маля́р m (maljár), маля́рка f (maljárka)
Breton: liver (br) m
Bulgarian: худо́жник (bg) m (hudóžnik), худо́жничка f (hudóžnička)
Catalan: pintor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 畫家／画家 (zh) (huàjiā)
Crimean Tatar: ressam
Czech: malíř (cs) m, malířka (cs) f
Dalmatian: depentaur m, pentaur m
Danish: maler (da) c, kunstmaler (da) c
Dutch: schilder (nl) m, kunstschilder (nl) m
Esperanto: (artist, professional, ♂♀) pentristo, (♂) virpentristo, (♀) pentristino
Estonian: maaler, maalija, maalikunstnik
Finnish: maalari (fi), taidemaalari (fi)
French: artiste peintre m or f, peintre (fr) m or f, peintresse (fr) f (occasionally)
Friulian: pitôr m
Galician: pintor (gl) m, pintora f
Georgian: მხატვარი (mxaṭvari)
German: Maler (de) m, Malerin (de) f, Kunstmaler m, Kunstmalerin f, Freizeitmaler m (amateur), Freizeitmalerin f, Hobbymaler m (amateur), Hobbymalerin f
Greek: ζωγράφος (el) m (zográfos)
Ancient: ζωγράφος m (zōgráphos)
Hebrew: צַבָּע‎ (he) m (tsabá)
Hindi: चित्रकार (hi) m (citrakār)
Hungarian: festő (hu)
Icelandic: málari (is) m
Ido: (artist, professional, ♂♀) piktisto (io), (♂) piktistulo, (♀) piktistino, (amateur, ♂♀) piktero (io), (♂) pikerulo, (♀) pikerino
Indonesian: pelukis (id)
Interlingua: pictor
Italian: pittore (it) m, pittrice (it) f
Japanese: 画家 (ja) (がか, gaka), 絵描き (ja) (えかき, ekaki)
Kazakh: суретші (kk) (suretşı)
Khmer: ជាងគំនូរ (ciəng kumnuu), វិចិត្រករ (km) (vicetraʼkɑɑ)
Korean: 화가(畫家) (ko) (hwaga)
Lao: ຈິດຕະກອນ (chit ta kǭn)
Latin: pictor (la) m, pictrix f
Latvian: gleznotājs m, krāsotājs m
Lithuanian: dažytojas m, lakuotojas m, tapytojas m
Luxembourgish: Moler (lb) m
Macedonian: сликар m (slikar), сликарка f (slikarka)
Mirandese: pintor m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зураач (mn) (zuraač)
Navajo: naʼachʼąąhí
Neapolitan: pettore m, pettóre m, pittóre m
Norman: peintre m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: maler (no) m
Nynorsk: målar m
Occitan: pintor (oc) m
Old English: mētere m
Oriya: ଚିତ୍ରକର (or) (citrôkôrô)
Persian: نقاش‎ (fa) (naqqâš), نگارگر‎ (fa) (negârgar)
Polish: malarz (pl) m, malarka (pl) f
Portuguese: pintor (pt) m, pintora (pt) f
Romanian: pictor (ro) m, pictoriță (ro) f
Russian: худо́жник (ru) m (xudóžnik), живопи́сец (ru) m (živopísec), худо́жница (ru) f (xudóžnica)
Scottish Gaelic: lì-dhealbhadair m, dealbhadair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сли̏ка̄р m, сли̏карица f
Roman: slȉkār (sh) m, slȉkarica (sh) f
Sicilian: pinturi (scn) m
Slovak: maliar (sk) m, maliarka f
Slovene: slikar (sl) m, slikarka f
Spanish: pintor (es) m, pintora (es) f
Swedish: målare (sv) c, konstnär (sv) c
Telugu: చిత్రకారుడు (te) (citrakāruḍu)
Thai: จิตรกร (jìt-dtrà-gɔɔn)
Turkish: ressam (tr)
Ukrainian: худо́жник m (xudóžnyk), худо́жниця f (xudóžnycja), живопи́сець m (žyvopýsecʹ)
Venetian: pentór m, pitór m
Vietnamese: họa sĩ (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) pänan (vo), (♂) hipänan, (♀) jipänan
Walloon: pondeu (wa) m, mwaisse pondeu m, pinte (wa) c
Welsh: peintiwr (cy) m
Yiddish: מאָלער‎ m (moler)

one who paints surfaces using a paintbrush

Afrikaans: skilder (af)
Albanian: lyerës (sq) m, lyerëse (sq) m, bojaxhi (sq) m
Arabic: دَهَّان‎ m (dahhān), دَهَّانَة‎ f (dahhāna)
Egyptian Arabic: نقاش‎ m (naʾāš)
Hijazi Arabic: دَهَّان‎ m (dahhān)
Armenian: ներկարար (hy) (nerkarar)
Azerbaijani: boyaçı, rəngsaz (az)
Bashkir: буяусы (buyawsı), маляр (malyar)
Belarusian: маля́р m (maljár), маля́рка m (maljárka), фарбава́льшчык m (farbaválʹščyk), фарбава́льшчыца f (farbaválʹščyca)
Bulgarian: бояджи́я m (bojadžíja), бояджи́йка f (bojadžíjka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 油匠 (zh) (yóujiàng)
Crimean Tatar: boyacı
Czech: malíř (cs) m, malířka (cs) f
Danish: maler (da) c
Dutch: schilder (nl) m, huisschilder (nl) m
Esperanto: (decorator ♂♀) farbisto, (♂) virfarbisto, (♀) farbistino
Estonian: maaler
Finnish: maalari (fi)
French: peintre décorateur m, peintre décoratrice f, peintresse décoratrice f
Galician: pintor (gl) m, pintora f
German: Maler (de) m, Malerin (de) f, Anstreicher (de) m, Anstreicherin f, Autolackierer m (auto), Autolackiererin f, Fahrzeuglackierer m (auto), Fahrzeuglackiererin f
Greek: βαφέας (el) m (vaféas), μπογιατζής (el) m (bogiatzís)
Hindi: रंगरेज़ m (raṅgrez)
Hungarian: szobafestő (hu)
Ido: (♂♀) indutisto (io), (♂) indutistulo, (♀) indutistino, (♂♀) domindutisto, (♂) domindutistulo, (♀) domindutistino, (♂♀) farbizisto, (♂) farbizistulo, (♀) farbizistino
Italian: verniciatore m, imbianchino m (house painter), pittore m (house painter)
Khmer: ជាងលាប (ciəng liəp), រជក (km) (rĕəʼcuək)
Macedonian: молер m (moler), молерка f (molerka), бојаџија m (bojadžija)
Maori: kaipeita
Navajo: yidleeshí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: maler (no) m
Nynorsk: målar m
Persian: نقاش‎ (fa) (naqqâš), رنگکار‎ (rangkâr)
Polish: malarz pokojowy m
Portuguese: pintor (pt) m
Romanian: vopsitor (ro) m, vopsitoare (ro) f, zugrav (ro) m
Russian: маля́р (ru) m (maljár), маля́рка (ru) f (maljárka), краси́льщик (ru) m (krasílʹščik), краси́льщица (ru) f (krasílʹščica)
Scottish Gaelic: lì-dhealbhadair m
Slovak: maliar (sk) m
Spanish: pintor (es) m, pintora (es) f, barnizador m, barnizadora (es) f
Swedish: målare (sv) c
Turkish: boyacı (tr)
Ukrainian: маля́р m (maljár), маля́рка f (maljárka)
Vietnamese: thợ sơn (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) kölan (vo), (♂) hikölan, (♀) jikölan
Walloon: pondeu (wa) m, pondeu d' bastimint m, pinte (wa) c
Welsh: peintiwr (cy) m, lliwydd m

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle French pendeur.

Noun

painter (plural painters)

(obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use. [14th–17th c.]
(nautical) A rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing. [from 17th c.]
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
  "Shove that [fat, wicker luncheon-basket] under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
- 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
  The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.

Translations

rope

Albanian: ballamar (sq)
Bulgarian: фалин m (falin)
Finnish: kiinnitysköysi
German: Fangleine f
Greek: παλαμάρι (el) n (palamári)
Hebrew: חֶבֶל חַרְטוֹם‎ (he) m (khevel khartom)
Italian: barbetta (it) f, cima da ormeggio f, cima da rimorchio f
Maori: torotoro (for tying up boats)
Portuguese: proiz m or f
Russian: фали́нь (ru) m (falínʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: ròpa-toisich m, ball-toisich m

Etymology 3

From a variation of panther, paralleling other Southern pronunciations for can't and aunt (see ain't for more details)

Noun

painter (plural painters)

(Southern US) A mountain lion.
- 1893, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer:
  I have fou't most of the creatur's of the forest, such as bears, wolves, painters and catamounts, but this is the beginning with the red-skins.

Anagrams

Parenti, apterin, parient, pertain, pine tar, repaint, terapin