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carpentry

noun · 5 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R P AH0 N T R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.

The trade of cutting and joining wood, timber, or lumber; woodworking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A carpenter’s workshop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • fine carpentry for sale

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: woodworking, woodwork

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trade, craft

Narrower terms: cabinetwork, cabinetry, cabinetmaking, joinery

History

Etymology

From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نِجَارة (nijāra) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Arabic: نجارة (njāra) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Belarusian: цясля́рства (cjasljárstva) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Catalan: fusteria — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木工 (mùgōng) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Czech: tesařství — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Danish: tømring — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Danish: tømrerarbejde — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Danish: beklædning — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Danish: tømrerhåndværk — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Finnish: puusepäntyö — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • French: charpenterie — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Galician: carpintaría — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • German: Schreinerei — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • German: Tischlerei — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • German: Zimmerei — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Greek: ξυλουργική (xylourgikí) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Hebrew: נגרות (nagarut) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Hungarian: ácsmesterség — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Hungarian: ácsszakma — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Hungarian: asztalosmesterség — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Hungarian: asztalosszakma — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Icelandic: trésmíði — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Irish: siúinéireacht — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Irish: cearpantóireacht — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Italian: carpenteria — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Central Kurdish: دارتاشی (dartaşî) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Macedonian: дрво́делство (drvódelstvo) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Macedonian: столарство (stolarstvo) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Middle English: carpentrie — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Persian: نجاری (najjâri) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Pohnpeian: daiksang — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Polish: stolarstwo — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Portuguese: carpintaria — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Portuguese: marcenaria — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Romanian: tâmplărie — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Russian: столя́рничество (stoljárničestvo) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Russian: плотничье де́ло (plotničʹje délo) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Russian: плотницкие работы (plotnickije raboty) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Russian: пло́тничество (plótničestvo) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Spanish: carpintería — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Telugu: వడ్రంగము (vaḍraṅgamu) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Turkish: dülgerlik — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Turkish: marangozluk — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Ottoman Turkish: دولگرلك (dülgerlik) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Ukrainian: тесля́рство (tesljárstvo) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Urdu: نجاری (najjārī) — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Uzbek: duradgorlik — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Uzbek: najjorlik — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Walloon: tcherpetreye — trade of cutting and joining timber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木工坊 — carpenter's workshop
  • Danish: tømrerværksted — carpenter's workshop
  • Finnish: puusepänliike — carpenter's workshop
  • Finnish: puusepän paja — carpenter's workshop
  • Galician: carpintaría — carpenter's workshop
  • German: Tischlerei — carpenter's workshop
  • Greek: ξυλουργείο (xylourgeío) — carpenter's workshop
  • Hebrew: נַגָּרִיָּה (naggariyá) — carpenter's workshop
  • Hungarian: ácsműhely — carpenter's workshop
  • Hungarian: asztalosműhely — carpenter's workshop
  • Icelandic: trésmiðja — carpenter's workshop
  • Italian: falegnameria — carpenter's workshop
  • Macedonian: столарница (stolarnica) — carpenter's workshop
  • Portuguese: carpintaria — carpenter's workshop
  • Romanian: tâmplărie — carpenter's workshop
  • Turkish: marangozhane — carpenter's workshop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木作 (mùzuò) — work and objects produced by a carpenter
  • Finnish: puusepäntyö — work and objects produced by a carpenter
  • Hungarian: ácsmunka — work and objects produced by a carpenter
  • Hungarian: ácsolat — work and objects produced by a carpenter
  • Hungarian: ácsolás — work and objects produced by a carpenter
  • Macedonian: столарија (stolarija) — work and objects produced by a carpenter
Real reading context

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