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manicurist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who performs manicures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beautician, cosmetician

Narrower terms: parer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English manicure Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English manicurist From manicure + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cebuano: manikurista — manicurist
  • Cebuano: manikyurista — manicurist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指甲美化師 /指甲美化师 (zhǐjiǎ měihuàshī) — manicurist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 修甲師 /修甲师 (xiūjiǎshī) — manicurist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指甲修剪師 /指甲修剪师 (zhǐjiǎ xiūjiǎnshī) — manicurist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美甲師 /美甲师 (měijiǎshī) — manicurist
  • Czech: manikér — manicurist
  • Czech: manikérka — manicurist
  • Finnish: manikyristi — manicurist
  • French: manucure — manicurist
  • German: Handpfleger — manicurist
  • German: Handpflegerin — manicurist
  • German: Nagelpfleger — manicurist
  • German: Nagelpflegerin — manicurist
  • German: Manikürist — manicurist
  • German: Maniküristin — manicurist
  • German: Maniküre — manicurist
  • Portuguese: manicure — manicurist
  • Portuguese: manicuro — manicurist
  • Romanian: manichiuristă — manicurist
  • Russian: маникю́рша (manikjúrša) — manicurist
  • Russian: маникю́рщица (manikjúrščica) — manicurist
  • Spanish: manicurista — manicurist
  • Spanish: manicuro — manicurist
  • Spanish: manicura — manicurist
  • Spanish: manicure — manicurist
  • Swedish: manikyrist — manicurist
  • Tagalog: manikurista — manicurist
  • Volapük: namikälan — manicurist
  • Volapük: namihikälan — manicurist
  • Volapük: namijikälan — manicurist