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printer

noun · 6 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪntə(ɹ)/
  • General-American: /ˈpɹɪntɚ/
  • General-American, US: /ˈpɹɪnɚ/ in fast speech
  • General-American: [ˈphɹɪɾ̃ɚ]
  • General-American: [ˈphɹɪnɚ]
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪntə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: P R IH1 N T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P R IH1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who makes prints.

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

The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a machine that prints

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: printing machine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: machine

Narrower terms: addressing machine, Addressograph, character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer, electrostatic printer, impact printer, line printer, line-at-a-time printer, page printer, page-at-a-time printer, printer, thermal printer, typesetting machine

5

noun

Meaning 5

(computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device, printer, printing machine

Narrower terms: dot matrix printer, matrix printer, dot printer

6

noun

Meaning 6

someone whose occupation is printing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pressman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

Narrower terms: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer, proofreader, reader, Bodoni, Gianbattista Bodoni, Bradford, William Bradford, Caxton, William Caxton, Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Goudy, Frederic Goudy, Frederic William Goudy, Gutenberg, Johann Gutenberg, Johannes Gutenberg

History

Etymology

From print + -er.

Across languages

Translations

213 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: drukker — one who makes prints
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (ṭāḇōˁā) — one who makes prints
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܬܵܐ (ṭāḇōˁtā) — one who makes prints
  • Belarusian: друка́р (drukár) — one who makes prints
  • Belarusian: друка́рка (drukárka) — one who makes prints
  • Catalan: impressor — one who makes prints
  • Catalan: impressora — one who makes prints
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印刷者 (yìnshuāzhě) — one who makes prints
  • Danish: trykker — one who makes prints
  • Dutch: drukker — one who makes prints
  • Faroese: prentari — one who makes prints
  • Finnish: painaja — one who makes prints
  • Finnish: vedostaja — one who makes prints
  • Finnish: tulostaja — one who makes prints
  • French: imprimeur — one who makes prints
  • French: imprimeuse — one who makes prints
  • Galician: impresor — one who makes prints
  • German: Drucker — one who makes prints
  • German: Druckerin — one who makes prints
  • Greek: τυπογράφος (typográfos) — one who makes prints
  • Greenlandic: naqiterisoq — one who makes prints
  • Hungarian: nyomdász — one who makes prints
  • Ido: imprimanto — one who makes prints
  • Indonesian: pencetak — one who makes prints
  • Japanese: 印刷者 (insatsusha) — one who makes prints
  • Korean: 인쇄자 (inswaeja) — one who makes prints
  • Luxembourgish: Drécker — one who makes prints
  • Macedonian: печатар (pečatar) — one who makes prints
  • Macedonian: печатач (pečatač) — one who makes prints
  • Māori: kaitāā — one who makes prints
  • Māori: kaiperēhiā — one who makes prints
  • Māori: pūreretā — one who makes prints
  • Māori: perēhi — one who makes prints
  • Polish: drukarz — one who makes prints
  • Polish: drukarka — one who makes prints
  • Portuguese: impressor — one who makes prints
  • Romanian: tipograf — one who makes prints
  • Russian: печа́тник (pečátnik) — one who makes prints
  • Russian: типо́граф (tipógraf) — one who makes prints
  • Southern Altai: басмачы (basmačï) — one who makes prints
  • Spanish: impresor — one who makes prints
  • Swedish: typograf — one who makes prints
  • Swedish: tryckare — one who makes prints
  • Swedish: tryckerska — one who makes prints
  • Ottoman Turkish: باصمهجی (basmacı) — one who makes prints
  • Ukrainian: друка́р (drukár) — one who makes prints
  • Ukrainian: друка́рка (drukárka) — one who makes prints
  • Welsh: argraffwr — one who makes prints
  • Yiddish: דרוקער (druker) — one who makes prints
  • Afrikaans: drukker — operator of a printing press
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (ṭāḇōˁā) — operator of a printing press
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܬܵܐ (ṭāḇōˁtā) — operator of a printing press
  • Belarusian: друка́р (drukár) — operator of a printing press
  • Belarusian: друка́рка (drukárka) — operator of a printing press
  • Bulgarian: печата́р (pečatár) — operator of a printing press
  • Bulgarian: печата́рка (pečatárka) — operator of a printing press
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印刷工 (yìnshuāgōng) — operator of a printing press
  • Czech: tiskař — operator of a printing press
  • Czech: tiskařka — operator of a printing press
  • Dutch: drukker — operator of a printing press
  • Esperanto: tipografo — operator of a printing press
  • Faroese: prentari — operator of a printing press
  • Finnish: painaja — operator of a printing press
  • French: imprimeur — operator of a printing press
  • French: imprimeuse — operator of a printing press
  • Galician: impresor — operator of a printing press
  • German: Drucker — operator of a printing press
  • German: Druckerin — operator of a printing press
  • Greek: τυπογράφος (typográfos) — operator of a printing press
  • Hungarian: nyomdász — operator of a printing press
  • Icelandic: prentari — operator of a printing press
  • Ido: imprimisto — operator of a printing press
  • Indonesian: pencetak — operator of a printing press
  • Irish: clódóir — operator of a printing press
  • Japanese: 印刷工 (insatsukō) — operator of a printing press
  • Korean: 인쇄공 (inswaegong) — operator of a printing press
  • Macedonian: печатар (pečatar) — operator of a printing press
  • Macedonian: печатач (pečatač) — operator of a printing press
  • Macedonian: печатарка (pečatarka) — operator of a printing press
  • Macedonian: печатачка (pečatačka) — operator of a printing press
  • Māori: kaiperēhi — operator of a printing press
  • Norman: împrînmeux — operator of a printing press
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trykker — operator of a printing press
  • Polish: drukarz — operator of a printing press
  • Polish: drukarka — operator of a printing press
  • Portuguese: gráfico — operator of a printing press
  • Portuguese: impressor — operator of a printing press
  • Romanian: tipograf — operator of a printing press
  • Russian: печа́тник (pečátnik) — operator of a printing press
  • Russian: печа́тница (pečátnica) — operator of a printing press
  • Russian: типо́граф (tipógraf) — operator of a printing press
  • Scottish Gaelic: clò-bhualadair — operator of a printing press
  • Slovak: sadzač — operator of a printing press
  • Slovak: tiskar — operator of a printing press
  • Slovak: tiskarka — operator of a printing press
  • Lower Sorbian: śišćaŕ — operator of a printing press
  • Upper Sorbian: čišćer — operator of a printing press
  • Southern Altai: басмачы (basmačï) — operator of a printing press
  • Spanish: impresor — operator of a printing press
  • Swedish: tryckare — operator of a printing press
  • Swedish: tryckeriägare — operator of a printing press
  • Swedish: tryckerska — operator of a printing press
  • Tagalog: manlilimbag — operator of a printing press
  • Turkish: matbaacı — operator of a printing press
  • Ottoman Turkish: باصمهجی (basmacı) — operator of a printing press
  • Ukrainian: друка́р (drukár) — operator of a printing press
  • Ukrainian: друка́рка (drukárka) — operator of a printing press
  • Urdu: طابِع (tābi') — operator of a printing press
  • Welsh: argraffwr — operator of a printing press
  • Welsh: printiwr — operator of a printing press
  • Yiddish: דרוקער (druker) — operator of a printing press
  • Afrikaans: rekenaardrukker — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Albanian: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Arabic: طَابِعَة (ṭābiʕa) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Arabic: طابْعة (ṭābʕa) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܬܵܐ (ṭāḇōˁtā) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Armenian: տպիչ (tpičʻ) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Azerbaijani: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Basque: inprimagailu — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Belarusian: пры́нтэр (prýnter) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Belarusian: пры́нтар (prýntar) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Bengali: প্রিন্টার (prinṭar) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Bulgarian: при́нтер (prínter) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Burmese: ပုံနှိပ်စက် (pumhnipcak) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Catalan: impressora — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打印機 /打印机 (dǎyìnjī) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印表機 /印表机 (yìnbiǎojī) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Crimean Tatar: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Czech: tiskárna — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Danish: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Dutch: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Esperanto: presilo — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Estonian: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Faroese: prentari — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Finnish: tulostin — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Finnish: printteri — computing: device used to print text or images
  • French: imprimante — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Galician: impresora — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Georgian: პრინტერი (ṗrinṭeri) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • German: Drucker — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Greek: εκτυπωτής (ektypotís) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Hebrew: מַדְפֶּסֶת (madpéset) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Hindi: प्रिंटर (priṇṭar) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Hungarian: nyomtató — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Icelandic: prentari — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Ido: imprimilo — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Indonesian: pencetak — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Indonesian: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Irish: clóire — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Irish: printéir — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Italian: stampante — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Japanese: プリンター (purintā) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Japanese: 印刷機 (insatsuki) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Kalmyk: кевлүр (kevlür) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Kazakh: басып шығарғыш (basyp şyğarğyş) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Kazakh: принтер (printer) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនបោះពុម្ព (maasɨn bɑh pum) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Korean: 프린터 (peurinteo) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Northern Kurdish: çaper — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Kyrgyz: принтер (printer) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Lao: ຈັກພິມ (chak phim) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງພິມ (khư̄ang phim) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Latvian: printeris — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Lithuanian: spausdintuvas — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Lithuanian: printeris — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Luxembourgish: Drécker — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Macedonian: печатар (pečatar) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Macedonian: печатач (pečatač) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Malay: pencetak — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Māori: pūreretā — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Māori: mīhini tā — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Mongolian: хэвлүүр (xevlüür) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Mongolian: принтер (printer) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Mongolian: бичиглүүр (bičiglüür) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Norman: printeu — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skriver — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Occitan: imprimanta — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Dari: پِرِنْتَر (pirintar) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Iranian Persian: چاپْگَر (čâpgar) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Iranian Persian: پِرینْتِر (perinter) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Polish: drukarka — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Portuguese: impressora — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Romanian: imprimantă — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Russian: при́нтер (príntɛr) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Serbo-Croatian: шта̀мпа̄ч — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Serbo-Croatian: писач — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѝнтер — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Serbo-Croatian: štàmpāč — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Serbo-Croatian: pisač — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Serbo-Croatian: prìnter — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Slovak: tlačiareň — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Slovak: tlač — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Slovene: tiskalnik — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Lower Sorbian: śišćak — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Upper Sorbian: čišćak — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Southern Altai: принтер (printer) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Spanish: impresora — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Swedish: skrivare — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Tajik: принтер (printer) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Tajik: чопгар (čopgar) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Thai: เครื่องพิมพ์ (krʉ̂ʉang-pim) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Turkish: yazıcı — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Turkmen: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Ukrainian: при́нтер (prýnter) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Urdu: پِرِنْٹَر (pirinṭar) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Urdu: طابِعَہ (tābi'a) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Uyghur: پرىنتېر (printër) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Uyghur: خەتباسقۇ (xetbasqu) — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Uzbek: printer — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Vietnamese: máy in — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Volapük: dabüköm — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Welsh: argraffydd — computing: device used to print text or images
  • Yiddish: דרוקער (druker) — computing: device used to print text or images
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