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developer

noun · 8 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/
  • /dəˈvɛləpɚ/ weak vowel merger
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V EH1 L AH0 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A liquid used in the chemical processing of traditional photos.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, dyeing, manufacturing, textiles

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: photographic equipment

Narrower terms: stop bath, short-stop, short-stop bath

8

noun

Meaning 8

someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: creator

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English develop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English developer From develop + -er.

Across languages

Translations

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: zhvillues — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Albanian: zhvilluese — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Bulgarian: разрабо́тчик (razrabótčik) — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Catalan: desenvolupador — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Catalan: desenvolupadora — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Danish: udvikler — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Dutch: ontwikkelaar — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Dutch: ontwerper — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Finnish: kehittäjä — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Finnish: tuotekehittäjä — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Finnish: devaaja — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • French: concepteur — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • French: développeur — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • French: créateur — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • German: Entwickler — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • German: Entwicklerin — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Hebrew: מְפַתֵּחַ (mefatéakh) — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Hindi: विकासक (vikāsak) — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Hungarian: fejlesztő — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Italian: sviluppatore — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Italian: sviluppatrice — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Māori: kaiwhakawhanake — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Portuguese: desenvolvedor — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Portuguese: desenvolvedora — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Romanian: creator — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Romanian: dezvoltator — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Russian: разрабо́тчик (razrabótčik) — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Russian: разрабо́тчица (razrabótčica) — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Spanish: desarrollador — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Swedish: utvecklare — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Tamil: மேம்பாட்டாளர் (mēmpāṭṭāḷar) — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Turkish: geliştirici — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Ukrainian: розро́бник (rozróbnyk) — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Ukrainian: розро́бниця (rozróbnycja) — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Vietnamese: nhà phát triển — someone engaged in product creation and improvement
  • Armenian: կառուցապատող (kaṙucʻapatoġ) — real estate developer
  • Czech: developer — real estate developer
  • Dutch: promotor — real estate developer
  • Dutch: projectontwikkelaar — real estate developer
  • Estonian: arendaja — real estate developer
  • Finnish: rakennuttaja — real estate developer
  • Finnish: kiinteistönkehittäjä — real estate developer
  • French: promoteur — real estate developer
  • German: Projektentwickler — real estate developer
  • German: Bauunternehmer — real estate developer
  • Hebrew: קַבְּלָן (kablán) — real estate developer
  • Hebrew: יַזָּם (yazám) — real estate developer
  • Hungarian: fejlesztő — real estate developer
  • Indonesian: developer — real estate developer
  • Indonesian: pengembang — real estate developer
  • Italian: sviluppatore — real estate developer
  • Malay: ڤماجو (pemaju) — real estate developer
  • Malay: pemaju — real estate developer
  • Polish: deweloper — real estate developer
  • Romanian: constructor — real estate developer
  • Russian: застро́йщик (zastrójščik) — real estate developer
  • Russian: деве́лопер (devéloper) — real estate developer
  • Spanish: promotor — real estate developer
  • Spanish: constructor — real estate developer
  • Ukrainian: забудо́вник (zabudóvnyk) — real estate developer
  • Ukrainian: деве́лопер (devéloper) — real estate developer
  • Dutch: ontwikkelaar — film developer
  • Finnish: (filmin) kehittäjä — film developer
  • French: révélateur — film developer
  • German: Entwickler — film developer
  • Hungarian: előhívó — film developer
  • Italian: sviluppatore — film developer
  • Iranian Persian: فیلْمساز (film-sâz) — film developer
  • Turkish: film banyosu ilacı — film developer
  • Yiddish: אַנטוויקלער (antvikler) — film developer
  • Bulgarian: прояви́тел (projavítel) — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Catalan: revelador — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顯影劑 /显影剂 (xiǎnyǐngjì) — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Czech: vývojka — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Dutch: ontwikkelaar — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Finnish: kehitin — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • French: développateur — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Galician: revelador — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • German: Entwickler — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Hungarian: előhívó — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Italian: liquido per sviluppare — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Italian: sviluppatore — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Japanese: 現像液 (genzōeki) — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Korean: 현상액 (hyeonsang'aek) — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Polish: wywoływacz — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Portuguese: revelador — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Romanian: developator — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Romanian: revelator — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Russian: прояви́тель (projavítelʹ) — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Slovak: vývojka — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Spanish: revelador — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Turkish: developman maddesi — liquid used in chemical film processing
  • Arabic: مُطَوِّر (muṭawwir) — software programmer
  • Armenian: մշակող (mšakoġ) — software programmer
  • Belarusian: распрацо́ўшчык (raspracówščyk) — software programmer
  • Belarusian: распрацо́ўшчыца (raspracówščyca) — software programmer
  • Bengali: নির্মাতা (nirmata) — software programmer
  • Bengali: ডেভেলপার (ḍebhelpar) — software programmer
  • Bulgarian: програми́ст (programíst) — software programmer
  • Bulgarian: програми́стка (programístka) — software programmer
  • Bulgarian: разрабо́тчик (razrabótčik) — software programmer
  • Burmese: ဖန်တီးသူ (hpanti:su) — software programmer
  • Catalan: desenvolupador — software programmer
  • Catalan: desenvolupadora — software programmer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開發人員 /开发人员 (kāifā rényuán) — software programmer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 程序員 /程序员 (chéngxùyuán) — software programmer
  • Czech: vývojář — software programmer
  • Czech: vývojářka — software programmer
  • Danish: udvikler — software programmer
  • Danish: programmør — software programmer
  • Dutch: (-analist) programmeur — software programmer
  • Dutch: ontwikkelaar — software programmer
  • Estonian: arendaja — software programmer
  • Finnish: kehittäjä — software programmer
  • Finnish: ohjelmoija — software programmer
  • Finnish: devaaja — software programmer
  • French: (-analyste) programmeur — software programmer
  • French: développeur — software programmer
  • Galician: desenvolvedor — software programmer
  • Galician: desenvolvedora — software programmer
  • Georgian: პროგრამისტი (ṗrogramisṭi) — software programmer
  • Georgian: დეველოპერი (develoṗeri) — software programmer
  • Georgian: შემქმნელი (šemkmneli) — software programmer
  • German: Entwickler — software programmer
  • German: Entwicklerin — software programmer
  • Hebrew: מְפַתֵּחַ (mefatéakh) — software programmer
  • Hindi: डेवलपर (ḍevalpar) — software programmer
  • Hungarian: fejlesztő — software programmer
  • Italian: sviluppatore — software programmer
  • Italian: sviluppatrice — software programmer
  • Italian: sviluppatore di software — software programmer
  • Japanese: プログラマー (puroguramā) — software programmer
  • Japanese: 開発者 (kaihatsusha) — software programmer
  • Khmer: អ្នកអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ (nĕək ʼaʼphivŏət) — software programmer
  • Korean: 프로그래머 (peurogeuraemeo) — software programmer
  • Korean: 개발자 (gaebalja) — software programmer
  • Lao: ນັກພັດທະນາ (nak phat tha nā) — software programmer
  • Latvian: izstrādātājs — software programmer
  • Latvian: izstrādātāja — software programmer
  • Latvian: izstrādātāji — software programmer
  • Latvian: izstrādātājas — software programmer
  • Lithuanian: kūrėjas — software programmer
  • Lithuanian: kūrėja — software programmer
  • Macedonian: развивач (razvivač) — software programmer
  • Macedonian: развивачка (razvivačka) — software programmer
  • Malay: pembangun — software programmer
  • Malay: pembangun perisian — software programmer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utvikler — software programmer
  • Iranian Persian: سازَنْدِه (sâzande) — software programmer
  • Iranian Persian: تُولیدْکُنَنْدِه (towlidkonande) — software programmer
  • Polish: programista — software programmer
  • Polish: programistka — software programmer
  • Polish: deweloper — software programmer
  • Portuguese: desenvolvedor — software programmer
  • Portuguese: desenvolvedora — software programmer
  • Romanian: developer — software programmer
  • Romanian: programator — software programmer
  • Russian: программи́ст (programmíst) — software programmer
  • Russian: программи́стка (programmístka) — software programmer
  • Russian: разрабо́тчик (razrabótčik) — software programmer
  • Russian: разрабо́тчица (razrabótčica) — software programmer
  • Sanskrit: व्युत्पादक (vyutpādaka) — software programmer
  • Sanskrit: व्युत्पादका (vyutpādakā) — software programmer
  • Slovak: vývojár — software programmer
  • Slovak: vývojárka — software programmer
  • Spanish: desarrollador — software programmer
  • Spanish: desarrolladora — software programmer
  • Spanish: desarrolladora — software programmer
  • Spanish: programador de software — software programmer
  • Swedish: mjukvaruutvecklare — software programmer
  • Swedish: utvecklare — software programmer
  • Tajik: тавлидкунанда (tavlidkunanda) — software programmer
  • Tajik: тавсеадиҳанда (tavseadihanda) — software programmer
  • Tamil: மென்பொருள் மேம்பாட்டாளர் (meṉporuḷ mēmpāṭṭāḷar) — software programmer
  • Thai: นักพัฒนา (nák-pát-tá-naa) — software programmer
  • Turkish: yazılım uzmanı — software programmer
  • Turkish: geliştirici — software programmer
  • Ukrainian: розро́бник (rozróbnyk) — software programmer
  • Ukrainian: розро́бниця (rozróbnycja) — software programmer
  • Vietnamese: nhà phát triển phần mềm — software programmer
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