noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪtə/
US:/ˈkɑːpiˌɹaɪtɚ/
homophone: copyrighter
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:K AA1 P IY0 R AY2 T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: advertising, business, marketing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: employee
History
Etymology
From copy + writer.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
գովազդագիր
(govazdagir)
— person who writes advertising copy
Chinese Mandarin:
廣告文案編輯員 /广告文案编辑员
(guǎnggào wén'àn biānjíyuán)
— person who writes advertising copy
Czech:
copywriter
— person who writes advertising copy
Dutch:
copywriter
— person who writes advertising copy
Dutch:
tekstschrijver
— person who writes advertising copy
Dutch:
tekstschrijfster
— person who writes advertising copy
Finnish:
tekstisuunnittelija
— person who writes advertising copy
Finnish:
tekstitoimittaja
— person who writes advertising copy
Finnish:
copywriter
— person who writes advertising copy
French:
rédacteur
— person who writes advertising copy
French:
concepteur-rédacteur
— person who writes advertising copy
Georgian:
კოპირაიტერი
(ḳoṗiraiṭeri)
— person who writes advertising copy
Georgian:
სარეკლამო განცხადებების შემდგენელი
(sareḳlamo gancxadebebis šemdgeneli)
— person who writes advertising copy
Georgian:
ტექსტის დამწერი
(ṭeksṭis damc̣eri)
— person who writes advertising copy
Georgian:
სარეკლამო ტექსტების შემდგენელი
(sareḳlamo ṭeksṭebis šemdgeneli)
— person who writes advertising copy
German:
Werbetexter
— person who writes advertising copy
German:
Werbetexterin
— person who writes advertising copy
German:
Copywriter
— person who writes advertising copy
Indonesian:
penulis wara
— person who writes advertising copy
Italian:
redattore
— person who writes advertising copy
Japanese:
コピーライター
(kopīraitā)
— person who writes advertising copy
Korean:
카피라이터
(kapiraiteo)
— person who writes advertising copy
Malay:
penulis iklan
— person who writes advertising copy
Polish:
copywriter
— person who writes advertising copy
Portuguese:
redator
— person who writes advertising copy
Romanian:
copywriter
— person who writes advertising copy
Russian:
копира́йтер
(kopirájtɛr)
— person who writes advertising copy
Spanish:
redactor
— person who writes advertising copy
Swedish:
copywriter
— person who writes advertising copy
Turkish:
metin yazarı
— person who writes advertising copy
Ukrainian:
копіра́йтер
(kopirájter)
— person who writes advertising copy