name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
knitter
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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Canada, US: /ˈnɪtɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪtə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A person or a machine that knits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: needleworker
History
Etymology
From Middle English knytter, knettere, equivalent to knit + -er.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: вяза́льшчык (vjazálʹščyk) — one who knits
- Belarusian: вяза́льшчыца (vjazálʹščyca) — one who knits
- Bulgarian: плетач (pletač) — one who knits
- Finnish: neuloja — one who knits
- Finnish: neulomakone — one who knits
- Finnish: sitoja — one who knits
- Finnish: solmija — one who knits
- French: tricoteur — one who knits
- French: tricoteuse — one who knits
- Georgian: მქსოველი (mksoveli) — one who knits
- Georgian: საქსოვი მანქანა (saksovi mankana) — one who knits
- German: Stricker — one who knits
- German: Strickerin — one who knits
- Hungarian: kötő — one who knits
- Italian: magliaia — one who knits
- Lithuanian: mezgė́jas — one who knits
- Lithuanian: mezgė́ja — one who knits
- Polish: dziewiarz — one who knits
- Polish: dziewiarka — one who knits
- Romagnol: majêra — one who knits
- Russian: вяза́льщик (vjazálʹščik) — one who knits
- Russian: вяза́льщица (vjazálʹščica) — one who knits
- Ukrainian: в'яза́льник (vʺjazálʹnyk) — one who knits
- Ukrainian: в'яза́льниця (vʺjazálʹnycja) — one who knits
- Welsh: gwëwr — one who knits
- Welsh: gweuwr — one who knits