Standard Lemma guide

baker

name · noun · 23 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈbeɪkɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.kə/
  • General-American: /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /ˈbe.kəɾ/
  • Wales: /ˈbeː.kə/ without the pane–pain merger
  • rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: B EY1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A number of places in the United States:

A former unincorporated community in Kern County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

name

Meaning 6

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

name

Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Indiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

name

Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Brown County, Kansas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

name

Meaning 9

A number of places in the United States:

A city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

name

Meaning 10

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clay County, Minnesota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11

name

Meaning 11

A number of places in the United States:

A small inactive village in Stoddard County, Missouri.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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12

name

Meaning 12

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Fallon County, Montana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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13

name

Meaning 13

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Boyd County, Nebraska.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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14

name

Meaning 14

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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15

name

Meaning 15

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Benson County, North Dakota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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16

name

Meaning 16

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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17

name

Meaning 17

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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18

noun

Meaning 18

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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19

noun

Meaning 19

A portable oven for baking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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20

noun

Meaning 20

An apple suitable for baking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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21

noun

Meaning 21

radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mul:Bravo

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22

noun

Meaning 22

someone who bakes bread or cake

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bread maker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

23

noun

Meaning 23

someone who bakes commercially

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Broader terms: merchant, merchandiser

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

Across languages

Translations

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الْخَبَّاز (al-ḵabbāz) — Occupational surname
  • Bulgarian: Хлеба́ров (Hlebárov) — Occupational surname
  • Bulgarian: Бе́йкър (Béjkǎr) — Occupational surname
  • Catalan: Forner — Occupational surname
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貝克 /贝克 (Bèikè) — Occupational surname
  • Czech: Pekař — Occupational surname
  • Danish: Bager — Occupational surname
  • Dutch: Bakker — Occupational surname
  • French: Boulanger — Occupational surname
  • German: Bäcker — Occupational surname
  • German: Becker — Occupational surname
  • German: Beck — Occupational surname
  • Greek: Ψωμάς (Psomás) — Occupational surname
  • Hungarian: Pék — Occupational surname
  • Italian: Panettiere — Occupational surname
  • Polish: Piekarz — Occupational surname
  • Portuguese: Padeiro — Occupational surname
  • Russian: Хле́бников (Xlébnikov) — Occupational surname
  • Russian: Бейкер (Bejker) — Occupational surname
  • Spanish: Panadero — Occupational surname
  • Swedish: Bager — Occupational surname
  • Afrikaans: bakker — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Afrikaans: bakster — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Albanian: furrxhi — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Albanian: bukëpjekës — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Arabic: خَبَّاز (ḵabbāz) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Arabic: خَبَّازَة (ḵabbāza) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Arabic: فَرَّان (farrān) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Arabic: فَرَّانَة (farrāna) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Armenian: հացագործ (hacʻagorc) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Aromanian: furnãgi — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Aromanian: ciripar — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Asturian: panaderu — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Azerbaijani: çörəkçi — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Azerbaijani: şatır — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Basque: okin — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Belarusian: пе́кар (pjékar) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Belarusian: пе́карка (pjékarka) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Bengali: রূটিত্তয়ালা (ruṭittoẏala) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Breton: baraer — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Bulgarian: пека́р (pekár) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Bulgarian: пека́рка (pekárka) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Bulgarian: хлеба́р (hlebár) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Bulgarian: хлеба́рка (hlebárka) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Burmese: ပေါင်မုန့်ဖုတ်သူ (paungmun.hputsu) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Catalan: forner — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Catalan: flequer — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Chechen: кхаллардоттург (qallardotturg) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麵包師傅 /面包师傅 (miànbāo shīfu) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Czech: pekař — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Czech: pekařka — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Danish: bager — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Dutch: bakker — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Dutch: bakster — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Egyptian: r:*t-H-t*y:U31-A1 (rtḥtj) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Esperanto: panisto — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Esperanto: panistino — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Estonian: pagar — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Faroese: bakari — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Finnish: leipuri — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • French: boulanger — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • French: boulangère — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • French: pâtissier — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • French: pâtissière — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Galician: panadeiro — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Galician: panadeira — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Galician: forneiro — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Galician: forneira — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Gallo: boulangier — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Georgian: მცხობელი (mcxobeli) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Georgian: ხაბაზი (xabazi) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Georgian: მეთორნე (metorne) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Georgian: მეპურე (meṗure) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • German: Bäcker — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • German: Bäckerin — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • German: Beck — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • German: Pfischter — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • German: Brootler (Unterwalden) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Greek: αρτοποιός (artopoiós) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Greek: φούρναρης (foúrnaris) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Greek: φουρνάρισσα (fournárissa) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρτοποιός (artopoiós) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Greenlandic: uuterisoq — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Haitian Creole: boulanje — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Hebrew: אוֹפֶה (ofé) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Hebrew: אוֹפָה (ofá) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Hindi: नानबाई (nānbāī) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Hindi: बेकर (bekar) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Hindi: रोटी वाला (roṭī vālā) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Hungarian: pék — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Icelandic: bakari — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Indonesian: tukang roti — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Irish: báicéir — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Italian: panettiere — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Italian: panettiera — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Italian: fornaio — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Italian: fornaia — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Italian: panificatore — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Italian: panificatrice — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Japanese: パン屋 (pan'ya) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Japanese: パン屋さん (pan'ya-san) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Kaitag: черичи́ (čeričí) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Kazakh: наубайшы (naubaişy) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Kazakh: нан пісіруші (nan pısıruşı) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Khmer: ជាងដុតនំ (ciəng dot num) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Korean: 제빵사 (jeppangsa) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Korean: 빵집 주인 (ppangjip ju'in) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Central Kurdish: نانەوا (nanewa) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Central Kurdish: نانکار (nankar) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Northern Kurdish: nanpêj — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Kyrgyz: наабайчы (naabaycı) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Kyrgyz: бышкын (bışkın) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Latin: pī̆stor — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Latin: pī̆strīx — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Latin: pānifex — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Latin: pānifica — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Latvian: maiznieks — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Latvian: maizniece — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Ligurian: fornâ — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Lithuanian: kepėjas — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Lithuanian: kepė́ja — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Macedonian: пекар (pekar) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Macedonian: пекарка (pekarka) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Macedonian: фурнаџија (furnadžija) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Macedonian: фурнаџика (furnadžika) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Malay: tukang roti — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Malay: khabaz — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Maltese: furnar — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Maltese: furnara — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Manx: fuinneyder — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Manx: ben uinnee — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Mongolian: талхчин (talxčin) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠯᠬᠠᠴᠢᠨ (talqačin) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thāmtsâijàuhāi — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Navajo: bááh ííłʼíní — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Norman: boulandgi — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Norwegian Bokmål: baker — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bakar — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Occitan: fornièr — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Old English: bæcere — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пекар (pekar) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пекарка (pekarka) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Pashto: نانباى (nānbāy) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Pashto: نانواى (nānwāy) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Iranian Persian: نانْوا (nânvâ) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Iranian Persian: خَبَّاز (xabbâz) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Iranian Persian: نانْوای (nânvây) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Iranian Persian: نانْبا (nânbâ) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Plautdietsch: Bakja — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Polish: piekarz — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Polish: piekarka — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Portuguese: padeiro — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Portuguese: pasteleiro — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Punjabi: ਨਾਨਬਾਈ (nānbāī) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Romanian: brutar — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Romanian: brutăreasă — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Romanian: pâinar — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Romansh: pasterner — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Romansh: pasternera — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Romansh: furner — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Romansh: furnera — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Russian: пе́карь (pékarʹ) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Russian: хлебопёк (xlebopjók) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Russian: бу́лочник (búločnik) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Russian: бу́лочница (búločnica) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Northern Sami: láibu — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Sardinian: furraju — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Sardinian: furraja — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuineadair — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Scottish Gaelic: bèicear — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: пе̏ка̄р — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: пе̏карица — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȅkār — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȅkarica — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Sicilian: furnaru — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Slovak: pekár — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Slovak: pekárka — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Slovene: pek — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Slovene: pekovka — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Spanish: panadero — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Spanish: panadera — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Swedish: bagare — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Tagalog: panadero — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Tajik: нонво (nonvo) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Tajik: нонвой (nonvoy) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Tajik: нонпаз (nonpaz) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Tajik: хаббоз (xabboz) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Tatar: икмәк пешерүче (ikmäk peşerüçe) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Thai: คนทําขนมปัง (kon-tam-kà-nǒm-bpang) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Turkish: fırıncı — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Ottoman Turkish: اكمكجی (ekmekci) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Ottoman Turkish: فرونجی (furuncu, fırıncı) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Turkmen: çörekçi — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎔𐎊 (ảpy) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Ukrainian: пе́кар (pékar) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Ukrainian: пе́карка (pékarka) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Urdu: نان بائی (nān bāī) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Urdu: خَبَّاز (xabbāz) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Urdu: بیکَر (bekar) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Uyghur: ناۋاي (naway) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Uzbek: novvoy — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Venetan: forner — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Venetan: pistor — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Vietnamese: người thợ làm bánh mì — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Vietnamese: thợ làm bánh — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Vilamovian: bekier — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Vilamovian: bekieryn — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Volapük: bakan — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Volapük: hibakan — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Volapük: jibakan — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Walloon: boledjî — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Walloon: boledjresse — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Welsh: pobydd — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Yiddish: בעקער (beker) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Yiddish: בעקערין (bekerin) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
  • Yiddish: בעקערקע (bekerke) — person who bakes and sells bread, etc
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