potter

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• UK: /ˈpɒtə/
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• US: /ˈpɑtɚ/
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puttaz Old English pott Proto-Germanic *puttaz Frankish *pottder. Vulgar Latin pottum Old French potbor. Middle English pot Middle English Potter English Potter From Middle English Potter, English, Dutch, and north German surname, from the noun pot. The usage for someone from Stoke-on-Trent refers to it being the home of the pottery industry in England, where it is also known as The Potteries.

From Middle English pottere, from Old English pottere (“potter”, in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *pottārī (“pot-maker”), equivalent to pot + -er. Influenced by Anglo-Norman poter, Old French potier (“potter”). Cognate with Dutch potter (“potter”), German Low German Pötter, Pütter (“potter”). Displaced Old English synonyms lāmwyrhta (“a worker in clay, potter”, literally “loam-worker”), tiġelwyrhta (“brickmaker, potter”, literally “tile-worker”), crocwyrhta (“crocker, potter”, literally “crock-worker”).

Frequentative of pote, equivalent to pote + -er. Cognate with Dutch poteren, peuteren (“to poke, pry, search”).

191 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بُوتَر (būtar) — surname
• Belarusian: Потэр (Póter) — surname
• Bengali: পটার (poṭar) — surname
• Breton: Potter — surname
• Bulgarian: Потър (Potǎr) — surname
• Chinese Mandarin: 波特 (Bōtè) — surname
• Faroese: Potter — surname
• West-Frisian: Potter — surname
• Galician: Potter — surname
• Greek: Πότερ (Póter) — surname
• Hawaiian: Potter — surname
• Hebrew: פוטר — surname
• Hindi: पॉटर (pŏṭar) — surname
• Japanese: ポッター (Pottā) — surname
• Kashmiri: پوٹر (pōṭr) — surname
• Korean: 포터 (Poteo) — surname
• Low German: Potter — surname
• Macedonian: Потер (Poter) — surname
• Occitan: Potter — surname
• Persian: پاتر (pâtar) — surname
• Portuguese: Potter — surname
• Russian: По́ттер (Pótter) — surname
• Scots: Potter — surname
• Serbo-Croatian: Потер — surname
• Serbo-Croatian: Potter — surname
• Serbo-Croatian: Poter — surname
• Swedish: Potter — surname
• Thai: พอตเตอร์ (por-dtà-dtêr) — surname
• Ukrainian: Поттер — surname
• Uyghur: پوتتېر (pottër) — surname
• Welsh: Potter — surname
• Yiddish: פּאָטער (poter) — surname
• Albanian: poçar — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Arabic: خَزَّاف (ḵazzāf) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Armenian: բրուտ (brut) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Armenian: կավագործ (kavagorc) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Aromanian: ular — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Assamese: কুমাৰ (kumar) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Azerbaijani: dulus — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Azerbaijani: dulusçu — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Belarusian: ганча́р (hančár) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Belarusian: ганча́рка (hančárka) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Bengali: কুমোর (kumōr) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Bulgarian: грънча́р (grǎnčár) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Bulgarian: грънча́рка (grǎnčárka) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Burmese: အိုးထိန်းသည် (ui:htin:sany) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Burmese: အိုးဆရာ (ui:hca.ra) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Catalan: terrissaire — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Catalan: terrisser — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Catalan: terrissera — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Chinese Mandarin: 陶瓷工 (táocígōng) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Chinese Mandarin: 製陶工人 /制陶工人 (zhìtáo gōngrén) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Chinese Mandarin: 陶匠 (táojiàng) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Chinese Mandarin: 陶工 (táogōng) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Chinese Mandarin: 陶器工人 (táoqì gōngrén) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Chinese Mandarin: 陶器工匠 (táoqì gōngjiàng) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Czech: hrnčíř — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Czech: hrnčířka — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Danish: pottemager — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Dutch: pottenbakker — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Dutch: pottenbakster — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Esperanto: potisto — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Esperanto: ceramikisto — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Estonian: pottsepp — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Finnish: savenvalaja — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• French: potier — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• French: potière — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Galician: oleiro — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Georgian: მეთუნე (metune) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• German: Töpfer — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• German: Töpferin — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 (kasja) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Greek: αγγειοπλάστης (angeioplástis) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Ancient Greek: κεραμεύς (kerameús) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Hebrew: קַדָּר (kádar) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Hebrew: יָצַר — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Hindi: कुम्हार (kumhār) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Hindi: कुंहार (kũhār) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Hindi: कुंभार (kumbhār) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Hindi: कुलाल (kulāl) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Hungarian: fazekas — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Icelandic: leirkerasmiður — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Indonesian: kumbakara — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Ingrian: paturi — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Irish: criadóir — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Irish: potaire — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Italian: vasaio — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Italian: vasaia — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Japanese: 陶工 (tōkō) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Kazakh: қышшы (qyşşy) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Kazakh: көзеші (közeşı) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Khmer: កុម្ភការី (komphĕəʼkaarəy) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Khmer: កុម្ភការ (komphĕəʼkaa) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Khmer: ស្មូនឆ្នាំង (smoun chnang) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Korean: 도공 (dogong) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Korean: 도예가 (doyega) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Kyrgyz: карапачы (karapacı) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Lao: ຊ່າງປັ້ນ (sāng pan) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Lao: ກຸມພະການ (kum pha kān) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Latin: figulus — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Latin: fictiliārius — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Latvian: podnieks — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Latvian: podniece — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Lithuanian: puodžius — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Macedonian: грнчар (grnčar) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Macedonian: грнчарка (grnčarka) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Maltese: fuħħar — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Māori: kaihanga rīhi — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Māori: kaimahi uku — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Māori: ringauku — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Mongolian: ваарч (vaarč) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Mongolian: ᠸᠠᠭᠠᠷᠴᠢ (waɣarči) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ ííłʼíní — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Norwegian Bokmål: pottemaker — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Odia: କୁମ୍ଭାର (kumbhāra) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Odia: କୁମ୍ଭାରୁଣି (kumbhāruṇi) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Old East Slavic: горньчаръ (gornĭčarŭ) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Old East Slavic: гърньчаръ (gŭrnĭčarŭ) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Pali: kumbhakāra — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Iranian Persian: کوزِهگَر (kuze-gar) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Iranian Persian: سُفالْگَر (sofâlgar) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Iranian Persian: سِفالْگَر (sefâlgar) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Iranian Persian: فَخَّار (faxxâr) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Plautdietsch: Leemstrikja — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Plautdietsch: Tapa — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Polish: garncarz — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Polish: garncarka — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Portuguese: oleiro — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Portuguese: oleira — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Portuguese: ceramista — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Punjabi: ਕੁਮ੍ਹਿਆਰ (kumhiāra) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Punjabi: کُمہِیار (kumhiyār) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Romanian: olar — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Romanian: ceramist — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Romanian: ceramistă — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Russian: гонча́р (gončár) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Russian: гонча́рка (gončárka) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Russian: горше́чник (goršéčnik) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Russian: горше́чница (goršéčnica) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Sanskrit: कुलाल (kulāla) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Sanskrit: कुम्भकार (kumbhakāra) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Saraiki: کُمْبھار (kumbhār) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Serbo-Croatian: ло̀нча̄р — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Serbo-Croatian: лончарица — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̀нча̄р — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Serbo-Croatian: грнча̀рица — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Serbo-Croatian: lònčār — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Serbo-Croatian: lončarica — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Serbo-Croatian: gr̀nčār — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Serbo-Croatian: grnčàrica — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Slovak: hrnčiar — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Slovak: hrnčiarka — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Slovene: lončar — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Slovene: lončarka — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Spanish: alfarero — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Spanish: alfarera — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Spanish: ceramista — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Swahili: mfinyanzi — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Swedish: krukmakare — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Tajik: кӯзагар (küzagar) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Tajik: кулол (kulol) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Tajik: кулолгар (kulolgar) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Tatar: чүлмәкче (çülmäkçe) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Telugu: కుమ్మరి (kummari) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Thai: ช่างปั้นหม้อ (châang-bpân-mɔ̂ɔ) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Thai: ผู้ทําหม้อ (pûu-tam-mɔ̂ɔ) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Thai: ช่างปั้น (châang-bpân) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Tocharian B: lwaksātsaika — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Turkish: çanakçı — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Turkish: çömlekçi — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Ottoman Turkish: چناقجی (çanakcı) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Ottoman Turkish: چوملكجی (çömlekci) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Turkmen: küýzegär — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎃𐎗 (pḫr) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Ukrainian: гонча́р (hončár) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Ukrainian: гонча́рка (hončárka) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Urdu: کُمْہار (kumhār) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Uzbek: kulol — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Vietnamese: người thợ đồ gốm — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Vietnamese: người làm đồ gốm — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Vilamovian: tepper — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Vilamovian: tepperyn — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Volapük: skalel — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Volapük: hiskalel — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Volapük: jiskalel — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Welsh: crochenydd — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Yiddish: טעפּער (teper) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Yiddish: טעפּערין (teperin) — one who makes pots and ceramic wares
• Finnish: ruukuttaja — one who places flowers or other plants inside their pots
• Finnish: purkittaja — one who pots food
• Finnish: tölkittäjä — one who pots food