maker

See also: Maker, måker, and -maker

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/
Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

Noun

maker (plural makers)

Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 186:
  The silhouette sharpens and fades as the carving is moved before the flames of the hearth, its maker grunts in perfect imitation of the ancestor - a human-lioness in oestrus.
(usually capitalized and preceded by the) God.
- 1707, Isaac Watts, “Godly Sorrow ariſing from the Sufferings of Chriſt”, in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, London: J. Humfreys, page 86:
  Well might the Sun in Darkneſs hide, / And ſhut his Glories in, / When God the mighty Maker dy’d / For Man the Creature’s Sin.
(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, published 2002, page 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.
(law) Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.

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Translations

one who makes

Aghwan: 𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (baal)
Arabic: صَانِع m (ṣāniʕ), صَائِغ m (ṣāʔiḡ), مُنْتِج m (muntij)
Egyptian Arabic: صنيعي m (ṣanayʕi)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Aromanian: fãcãtor m
Basque: egile (eu)
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: người làm, người chế tạo, người sáng tạo
Zulu: umenzi class 1/2

one who signs a check or promissory note

Anagrams

Kemar, kerma, marke

Dutch

Etymology

From maken (“to make”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.kər/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: ma‧ker
Rhymes: -aːkər

Noun

maker m (plural makers, diminutive makertje n, feminine maakster)

maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)

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Descendants

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

Anagrams

kamer

Middle English

Alternative forms

makere, makiere, makyere, macare

Etymology

From maken +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkər(ə)/

Noun

maker (plural makers)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

English: maker
Scots: maker, macker, makar
- → English: makar
Yola: maakere, maakeare

References

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

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maker m

indefinite plural of make

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