designer
See also: désigner
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Noun
designer (plural designers)
- 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[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
- 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.
- 2024 September 21, Eve Livingston, “‘Students want to stay here now rather than disappear to London’: how design transformed the city of Dundee”, in The Guardian[2]:
- The festival, held every two years, showcases work by more than 180 designers across disciplines including textiles, homeware and more. […] “For us, it’s about getting design and creativity out into communities across the city. With the festival, we want to build capacity, grow skills, employ people and create opportunities to make a living from being a designer here.”
- A plotter or schemer.
- (computing) A software tool for designing things.
- a font designer
- a level designer for a video game
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
person who designs
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Adjective
designer (not comparable)
- 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)
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English designer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdisɑi̯ner/, [ˈdis̠ɑ̝i̯ne̞r]
- Rhymes: -isɑiner
Noun
designer
- designer
- Synonym: suunnittelija
Declension
| Inflection of designer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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| 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. | ||
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Further reading
- “designer”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English designer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.zaj.nœʁ/
Noun
designer m (plural designers)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.zaj.ne/
Verb
designer
- to design
Conjugation
Conjugation of designer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | designer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | designant /di.zaj.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | designé /di.zaj.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | designe /di.zajn/ |
designes /di.zajn/ |
designe /di.zajn/ |
designons /di.zaj.nɔ̃/ |
designez /di.zaj.ne/ |
designent /di.zajn/ |
| imperfect | designais /di.zaj.nɛ/ |
designais /di.zaj.nɛ/ |
designait /di.zaj.nɛ/ |
designions /di.zaj.njɔ̃/ |
designiez /di.zaj.nje/ |
designaient /di.zaj.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | designai /di.zaj.ne/ |
designas /di.zaj.na/ |
designa /di.zaj.na/ |
designâmes /di.zaj.nam/ |
designâtes /di.zaj.nat/ |
designèrent /di.zaj.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | designerai /di.zaj.nə.ʁe/ |
designeras /di.zaj.nə.ʁa/ |
designera /di.zaj.nə.ʁa/ |
designerons /di.zaj.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
designerez /di.zaj.nə.ʁe/ |
designeront /di.zaj.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | designerais /di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/ |
designerais /di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/ |
designerait /di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/ |
designerions /di.zaj.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
designeriez /di.zaj.nə.ʁje/ |
designeraient /di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | designe /di.zajn/ |
designes /di.zajn/ |
designe /di.zajn/ |
designions /di.zaj.njɔ̃/ |
designiez /di.zaj.nje/ |
designent /di.zajn/ |
| imperfect2 | designasse /di.zaj.nas/ |
designasses /di.zaj.nas/ |
designât /di.zaj.na/ |
designassions /di.zaj.na.sjɔ̃/ |
designassiez /di.zaj.na.sje/ |
designassent /di.zaj.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | designe /di.zajn/ |
— | designons /di.zaj.nɔ̃/ |
designez /di.zaj.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “designer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English designer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈzaj.ner/[1]
- Rhymes: -ajner
Noun
designer m or f by sense (invariable)
- designer (especially one who designs furniture or other industrial products)
References
- ^ designer in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Verb
dēsigner
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēsignō
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
designer
- present tense of designe
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
Unadapted borrowing from English designer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈzaj.nɛr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ajnɛr
- Syllabification: de‧sig‧ner
- Homophone: dizajner
Noun
designer m pers (female equivalent designerka)
- (design) designer (person who designs usable objects)
- Hypernym: projektant
Declension
Declension of designer
Derived terms
adjective
Related terms
noun
Further reading
- “designer”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “designer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[5] (in Polish)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English designer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈzaj.neʁ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /deˈzaj.neɾ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deˈzaj.neʁ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /deˈzaj.neɻ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neɻ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨˈzaj.nɛɾ/
- Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner
Noun
designer m or f by sense (plural designers)
- designer (person who designs)
Further reading
- “designer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “designer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English designer.
Noun
designer m (plural designeri)
Declension
| 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
- indefinite plural of design
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English designer.
Noun
designer c
- a designer
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | designer | designers |
| definite | designern | designerns | |
| plural | indefinite | designer | designers |
| definite | designerna | designernas |