designer

English Online Dictionary. What means designer‎? What does designer mean?

English

Etymology

design +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

designer (plural designers)

1. A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
2. A plotter or schemer.
3. (computing) A software tool for designing things.

   a font designer

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Adjective

designer (not comparable)

1. Created by a designer, especially a fashion designer.

   designer swimwear

   a designer briefcase

Derived terms

• designer baby
• designer dog
• designer drug

Anagrams

• Deerings, Edingers, energids, enridges, re-signed, redesign, reedings, resigned

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English designer. Equivalent to design +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈzɑi̯.nər/
• Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner

Noun

designer m (plural designers, diminutive designertje n)

1. designer

Synonyms

• ontwerper

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdisɑi̯ner/, [ˈdis̠ɑ̝i̯ne̞r]

Noun

designer

1. designer

   Synonym: suunnittelija

Declension

Further reading

• “designer”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.zaj.nœʁ/

Noun

designer m (plural designers)

1. designer

Etymology 2

From English design +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.zaj.ne/

Verb

designer

1. to design

Conjugation

Further reading

• “designer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dénigres, dénigrés, geindres, gredines

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.ner/
• Rhymes: -ajner

Noun

designer m or f by sense (invariable)

1. designer (especially one who designs furniture or other industrial products)

References

Latin

Verb

dēsigner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēsignō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

designer

1. present tense of designe

Polish

Alternative forms

• dizajner

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈzaj.nɛr/
• Rhymes: -ajnɛr
• Syllabification: de‧sig‧ner
• Homophone: dizajner

Noun

designer m pers (female equivalent designerka)

1. (design) designer (person who designs usable objects)

   Hypernym: projektant

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• designer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• designer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner

Noun

designer m or f by sense (plural designers)

1. designer (person who designs)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Noun

designer m (plural designeri)

1. designer

Declension

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

designer

1. indefinite plural of design

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English designer.

Noun

designer c

1. a designer

Declension