designer

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See also: désigner

English

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Etymology

From design +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

designer (plural designers)

  1. A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
    • 2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times:
      While the thought of a home urinal may seem vaguely “Animal House,” Mr. Scherer’s interior designer, Ashley Astleford, wasn’t surprised by his request. This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.
  2. A plotter or schemer.
  3. (computing) A software tool for designing things.
    a font designer
    a level designer for a video game

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Adjective

designer (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

designer m (plural designers, diminutive designertje n)

  1. designer

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

Noun

designer

  1. designer
    Synonym: suunnittelija

Declension

Inflection of designer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative designer designerit
genitive designerin designerien
designereiden
designereitten
partitive designeria designereita
designereja
illative designeriin designereihin
singular plural
nominative designer designerit
accusative nom. designer designerit
gen. designerin
genitive designerin designerien
designereiden
designereitten
partitive designeria designereita
designereja
inessive designerissa designereissa
elative designerista designereista
illative designeriin designereihin
adessive designerilla designereilla
ablative designerilta designereilta
allative designerille designereille
essive designerina designereina
translative designeriksi designereiksi
abessive designeritta designereitta
instructive designerein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of designer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Further reading

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English designer.

Pronunciation

Noun

designer m (plural designers)

  1. designer

Etymology 2

From English design +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

designer

  1. to design
Conjugation

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

Noun

designer m or f by sense (invariable)

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

References

  1. ^ designer in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Verb

dēsigner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēsignō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

designer

  1. present tense of designe

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation

Noun

designer m pers (female equivalent designerka)

  1. (design) designer (person who designs usable objects)
    Hypernym: projektant

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun

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

Declension of designer
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative designer designerul designeri designerii
genitive-dative designer designerului designeri designerilor
vocative designerule designerilor

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