noun
Meaning 1
Someone who decorates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decorator
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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UK: /ˈdɛkəˌɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
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US: /ˈdɛkəˌɹeɪtɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: D EH1 K ER0 EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Painter and wallpaperer of buildings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who decorates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ornamentalist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artist, creative person
noun
Meaning 4
a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interior designer, designer, interior decorator, house decorator, room decorator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, specializer, specialiser
Narrower terms: Eames, Charles Eames
History
Etymology
From decorate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: decorador — one who decorates
- Catalan: decoradora — one who decorates
- French: décorateur — one who decorates
- French: décoratrice — one who decorates
- German: Dekorateur — one who decorates
- German: Dekorateurin — one who decorates
- Greek: διακοσμητής (diakosmitís) — one who decorates
- Greek: διακοσμήτρια (diakosmítria) — one who decorates
- Greek: ντεκορατέρ (ntekoratér) — one who decorates
- Greek: ντεκορατρίς (ntekoratrís) — one who decorates
- Italian: decoratore — one who decorates
- Italian: decoratrice — one who decorates
- Italian: paratore — one who decorates
- Italian: paratrice — one who decorates
- Māori: kairākai — one who decorates
- Persian: آموینده — one who decorates
- Polish: dekorator — one who decorates
- Polish: dekoratorka — one who decorates
- Romanian: decorator — one who decorates
- Romanian: decoratoare — one who decorates
- Russian: декора́тор (dekorátor) — one who decorates
- Spanish: decorador — one who decorates
- Spanish: decoradora — one who decorates
- Turkish: bezekçi — one who decorates
- Turkish: bezeyici — one who decorates
- Turkish: boyacı — one who decorates
- Turkish: dekoratör — one who decorates
- Turkish: nakkaş — one who decorates
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