dyer
English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-West Germanic *-ārī English dyer From dye + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
dyer (plural dyers)
- One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.
2026, Sara Temme, “Two Insects nad Their Brilliant Reds”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 18:Natural dyers commonly coax a rainbow of color from plants, fungi, flowers, and minerals; however, some of the most vibrant and colorfast reds come from insects.
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Translations
one whose occupation is to dye
- Albanian: bojaxhi (sq) m
- Arabic: صَبَّاغ m (ṣabbāḡ), صَبَّاغَة f (ṣabbāḡa)
- Armenian: ներկարար (hy) (nerkarar)
- Belarusian: фарбава́льшчык m (farbaválʹščyk), фарбава́льшчыца f (farbaválʹščyca)
- Bengali: রংরেজ (roṅrej), অনুরঞ্জন (bn) (onuronjon)
- Bulgarian: бояджи́я m (bojadžíja), бояджи́йка f (bojadžíjka)
- Catalan: tintorer m
- Czech: barvíř m, barvířka f, barvič m, barvička (cs) f
- Dutch: verver (nl) m
- Esperanto: kolorigisto
- Finnish: värjäri (fi)
- French: teinturier (fr) m, teinturière (fr) f
- Galician: tintureiro m
- German: Färber (de) m, Färberin f
- Greek: ελαιοχρωματιστής (el) m (elaiochromatistís)
- Ancient Greek: βαφεύς m (bapheús)
- Hindi: रंगरेज़ m (raṅgrez)
- Hungarian: kelmefestő (hu)
- Irish: clódóir m, ruaimneoir m
- Latin: tinctor m
- Macedonian: бојаџија m (bojadžija)
- Māori: kaitāwai
- Polish: farbiarz (pl) m, farbiarka f, barwiarz m, barwiarka f
- Portuguese: tintureiro (pt) m
- Romanian: vopsitor (ro) m, vopsitoare (ro) f, boiangiu (ro) m
- Russian: краси́льщик (ru) m (krasílʹščik), краси́льщица (ru) f (krasílʹščica)
- Slovak: farbiar (sk) m, farbiarka f
- Spanish: tintorero m, tintorera f
- Turkish: boyacı (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: بویاجی (boyacı)
- Ukrainian: фарба́р m (farbár), фарба́рка m (farbárka), краси́льник m (krasýlʹnyk), краси́льниця f (krasýlʹnycja), фарбува́льник m (farbuválʹnyk), фарбува́льниця f (farbuválʹnycja)
- Welsh: lliwydd m
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Anagrams
Albanian
Noun
dyer
- indefinite nominative/accusative plural of derë
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