noun
Meaning 1
a person who engraves
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
engraver
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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rhymes with -eɪvə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 N G R EY1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a tool used in this process
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: printmaker, graphic artist
noun
Meaning 4
a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: lapidary, lapidist, Durer, Albrecht Durer, Hogarth, William Hogarth, Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Younger, Mantegna, Andrea Mantegna
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English grave English engrave 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 engraver From engrave + -er.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: oymaçı — person who engraves
- Bulgarian: гравьор (gravjor) — person who engraves
- Catalan: calcògraf — person who engraves
- Czech: rytec — person who engraves
- Dutch: graveerder — person who engraves
- Dutch: graveur — person who engraves
- French: graveur — person who engraves
- French: graveuse — person who engraves
- German: Graveur — person who engraves
- German: Stecher — person who engraves
- Irish: breacaire — person who engraves
- Italian: incisore — person who engraves
- Latin: caelātor — person who engraves
- Macedonian: гра́вер (gráver) — person who engraves
- Māori: kaiwhaowhao — person who engraves
- Middle English: gravere — person who engraves
- Polish: grawer — person who engraves
- Polish: rytownik — person who engraves
- Russian: гравёр (gravjór) — person who engraves
- Russian: гравировщик (gravirovščik) — person who engraves
- Russian: гравировщица (gravirovščica) — person who engraves
- Russian: художник-исполнитель гравюры (xudožnik-ispolnitelʹ gravjury) — person who engraves
- Spanish: tallador — person who engraves
- Swahili: mchoraji — person who engraves
- Dutch: graveerpen — tool used in this process
- German: Stichel — tool used in this process
- Latin: cestrum — tool used in this process
- Middle English: gravere — tool used in this process
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