Standard Lemma guide

shoemaker

name · 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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  • General-American: /ˈʃuˌmeɪkɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: SH UW1 M EY2 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname originating as an occupation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of Schumacher, the cognate surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who makes shoes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cordwainer

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The threadfish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a person who makes or repairs shoes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cobbler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maker, shaper

Narrower terms: bootmaker, boot maker

History

Etymology

By proprialization from shoemaker.

By anglicisation from German Schumacher, from Schuhmacher (“shoemaker”).

From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager.

Across languages

Translations

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: këpucar — a person who makes shoes
  • Southern Altai: ӧдӱкчи (ödükči) — a person who makes shoes
  • Arabic: إِسْكَاف (ʔiskāf) — a person who makes shoes
  • Arabic: إِسْكَافِيّ (ʔiskāfiyy) — a person who makes shoes
  • Arabic: سَكَّاف (sakkāf) — a person who makes shoes
  • Arabic: حَذّاء (ḥaḏḏāʔ) — a person who makes shoes
  • Arabic: خَفَّاف (ḵaffāf) — a person who makes shoes
  • Arabic: خراز (ḵarrāz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Arabic: طراف (ṭarrāf) — a person who makes shoes
  • Armenian: կոշկակար (koškakar) — a person who makes shoes
  • Asturian: zapateru — a person who makes shoes
  • Azerbaijani: çəkməçi — a person who makes shoes
  • Basque: zapatari — a person who makes shoes
  • Basque: zapatagin — a person who makes shoes
  • Belarusian: шаве́ц (šavjéc) — a person who makes shoes
  • Belarusian: чабата́р (čabatár) — a person who makes shoes
  • Belarusian: чабата́рка (čabatárka) — a person who makes shoes
  • Bulgarian: обуща́р (obuštár) — a person who makes shoes
  • Bulgarian: обуща́рка (obuštárka) — a person who makes shoes
  • Burmese: ဘိနပ်ချုပ်သမား (bhi.naphkyupsa.ma:) — a person who makes shoes
  • Catalan: sabater — a person who makes shoes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鞋匠 (xiéjiàng) — a person who makes shoes
  • Czech: švec — a person who makes shoes
  • Czech: obuvník — a person who makes shoes
  • Danish: skomager — a person who makes shoes
  • Dutch: schoenmaker — a person who makes shoes
  • Dutch: schoenmaakster — a person who makes shoes
  • Erzya: кемстыця (kemstïća) — a person who makes shoes
  • Esperanto: ŝufaristo — a person who makes shoes
  • Esperanto: ŝufaristino — a person who makes shoes
  • Esperanto: ŝuisto — a person who makes shoes
  • Esperanto: ŝuistino — a person who makes shoes
  • Estonian: kingsepp — a person who makes shoes
  • Finnish: suutari — a person who makes shoes
  • Finnish: kengäntekijä — a person who makes shoes
  • French: cordonnier — a person who makes shoes
  • French: cordonnière — a person who makes shoes
  • Galician: zapateiro — a person who makes shoes
  • Galician: zapateira — a person who makes shoes
  • Georgian: მეწაღე (mec̣aɣe) — a person who makes shoes
  • Georgian: ფეხსაცმლის მკერავი (pexsacmlis mḳeravi) — a person who makes shoes
  • Georgian: მეჩექმე (mečekme) — a person who makes shoes
  • Georgian: ხარაზი (xarazi) — a person who makes shoes
  • German: Schuhmacher — a person who makes shoes
  • German: Schuhmacherin — a person who makes shoes
  • German: Schuster — a person who makes shoes
  • German: Schusterin — a person who makes shoes
  • Greek: παπουτσής (papoutsís) — a person who makes shoes
  • Greek: υποδηματοποιός (ypodimatopoiós) — a person who makes shoes
  • Greek: τσαγκάρης (tsagkáris) — a person who makes shoes
  • Ancient Greek: σκυτεύς (skuteús) — a person who makes shoes
  • Ancient Greek: πίσυγγος (písungos) — a person who makes shoes
  • Hebrew: סַנְדְּלָר (sand'lár) — a person who makes shoes
  • Hindi: मोची (mocī) — a person who makes shoes
  • Hungarian: cipész — a person who makes shoes
  • Hungarian: suszter — a person who makes shoes
  • Icelandic: skósmiður — a person who makes shoes
  • Ido: shuifisto — a person who makes shoes
  • Irish: gréasaí — a person who makes shoes
  • Italian: calzolaio — a person who makes shoes
  • Japanese: 靴屋 (kutsuya) — a person who makes shoes
  • Kazakh: етікші (etıkşı) — a person who makes shoes
  • Khmer: ជាងកាត់ស្បែកជើង (ciəng kat sbaek cəəng) — a person who makes shoes
  • Korean: 제화공 (jehwagong) — a person who makes shoes
  • Korean: 신발 제조자 (sinbal jejoja) — a person who makes shoes
  • Northern Kurdish: pêlavker — a person who makes shoes
  • Kyrgyz: өтүкчү (ötükcü) — a person who makes shoes
  • Ladin: calighé — a person who makes shoes
  • Lao: ຊ່າງເຮັດເກີບ (sāng het kœ̄p) — a person who makes shoes
  • Latin: sūtor — a person who makes shoes
  • Latin: sūtrīx — a person who makes shoes
  • Latin: calceātor — a person who makes shoes
  • Latin: calceolarius — a person who makes shoes
  • Latvian: kurpnieks — a person who makes shoes
  • Latvian: kurpniece — a person who makes shoes
  • Latvian: apavnieks — a person who makes shoes
  • Latvian: apavniece — a person who makes shoes
  • Lithuanian: batsiuvys — a person who makes shoes
  • Lithuanian: batsiuvė — a person who makes shoes
  • Macedonian: чевлар (čevlar) — a person who makes shoes
  • Macedonian: чевларка (čevlarka) — a person who makes shoes
  • Macedonian: кондураџија (konduradžija) — a person who makes shoes
  • Maltese: skarpan — a person who makes shoes
  • Māori: hūmeke — a person who makes shoes
  • Middle English: soutere — a person who makes shoes
  • Neapolitan: scarparo — a person who makes shoes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skomaker — a person who makes shoes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skomakar — a person who makes shoes
  • Old English: sċōhwyrhta — a person who makes shoes
  • Old English: sċōhƿyrhta — a person who makes shoes
  • Pashto: بزونکی (bozunkay) — a person who makes shoes
  • Pashto: بوټ دوز (buṭ doz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Pashto: موچي (moči) — a person who makes shoes
  • Pashto: څميار (śamyār) — a person who makes shoes
  • Pashto: کوښار (kawx̌ār) — a person who makes shoes
  • Pashto: څپښی (śapǝx̌ay) — a person who makes shoes
  • Persian: کفشگر (kafšgar) — a person who makes shoes
  • Persian: کفش دوز (kafš duz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Persian: کفاش (kaffâš) — a person who makes shoes
  • Persian: بوت دوز (but dôz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Plautdietsch: Schusta — a person who makes shoes
  • Polish: szewc — a person who makes shoes
  • Polish: szewczyni — a person who makes shoes
  • Portuguese: sapateiro — a person who makes shoes
  • Portuguese: sapateira — a person who makes shoes
  • Romanian: pantofar — a person who makes shoes
  • Romanian: cizmar — a person who makes shoes
  • Romanian: cizmăriță — a person who makes shoes
  • Russian: сапо́жник (sapóžnik) — a person who makes shoes
  • Russian: сапо́жница (sapóžnica) — a person who makes shoes
  • Russian: башма́чник (bašmáčnik) — a person who makes shoes
  • Russian: башма́чница (bašmáčnica) — a person who makes shoes
  • Russian: обувщи́к (obuvščík) — a person who makes shoes
  • Russian: обувщи́ца (obuvščíca) — a person who makes shoes
  • Scottish Gaelic: greusaiche — a person who makes shoes
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀бућа̄р — a person who makes shoes
  • Serbo-Croatian: посто̀ла̄р — a person who makes shoes
  • Serbo-Croatian: шу̏стер — a person who makes shoes
  • Serbo-Croatian: òbućār — a person who makes shoes
  • Serbo-Croatian: postòlār — a person who makes shoes
  • Serbo-Croatian: šȕster — a person who makes shoes
  • Slovak: obuvník — a person who makes shoes
  • Slovak: šuster — a person who makes shoes
  • Slovene: čevljar — a person who makes shoes
  • Slovene: čevljarka — a person who makes shoes
  • Spanish: zapatero — a person who makes shoes
  • Spanish: zapatera — a person who makes shoes
  • Swedish: skomakare — a person who makes shoes
  • Swedish: skomakerska — a person who makes shoes
  • Tajik: мӯзадӯз (müzadüz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Tajik: кафшдӯз (kafšdüz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Tajik: маҳсидӯз (mahsidüz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Tatar: итекче (itekçe) — a person who makes shoes
  • Telugu: చర్మకారుడు (carmakāruḍu) — a person who makes shoes
  • Thai: ช่างทํารองเท้า (châang-tam-rɔɔng-táo) — a person who makes shoes
  • Turkish: ayakkabıcı — a person who makes shoes
  • Turkish: başmakçı — a person who makes shoes
  • Turkish: pabuççu — a person who makes shoes
  • Ottoman Turkish: باشمقجی (başmakcı) — a person who makes shoes
  • Turkmen: ädikçi — a person who makes shoes
  • Ukrainian: швець (švecʹ) — a person who makes shoes
  • Ukrainian: чобота́р (čobotár) — a person who makes shoes
  • Ukrainian: чобота́рка (čobotárka) — a person who makes shoes
  • Urdu: موچی (mocī) — a person who makes shoes
  • Urdu: جُفْت ساز (juft sāz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Uyghur: موزدۇز (mozduz) — a person who makes shoes
  • Uzbek: etikdoʻz — a person who makes shoes
  • Uzbek: yamoqchi — a person who makes shoes
  • Vietnamese: thợ đóng giày — a person who makes shoes
  • Volapük: jukel — a person who makes shoes
  • Volapük: hijukel — a person who makes shoes
  • Volapük: jijukel — a person who makes shoes
  • Welsh: crydd — a person who makes shoes
  • Yiddish: שוסטער (shuster) — a person who makes shoes
Real reading context

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