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shoemaking

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The making of shoes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the shoemaker's trade

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shoe repairing, cobbling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trade, craft

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skōhaz Proto-West Germanic *skōh Old English sċōh Middle English scho English shoe English making English shoemaking From shoe + making.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِكَافَة (sikāfa) — shoemaking
  • Aramaic: ܐܫܟܦܘܬܐ (ʾeškāp̄ūṯā) — shoemaking
  • Armenian: կոշկակարություն (koškakarutʻyun) — shoemaking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 製鞋 /制鞋 (zhìxié) — shoemaking
  • Finnish: kengänvalmistus — shoemaking
  • Finnish: kengänteko — shoemaking
  • Finnish: suutarointi — shoemaking
  • French: cordonnerie — shoemaking
  • German: Schuhherstellung — shoemaking
  • German: Schuhmacherei — shoemaking
  • German: Schusterei — shoemaking
  • Greek: υποδηματοποίηση (ypodimatopoíisi) — shoemaking
  • Irish: gréasaíocht — shoemaking
  • Japanese: 製靴 (seika) — shoemaking
  • Korean: 제화 (jehwa) — shoemaking
  • Macedonian: чевларство (čevlarstvo) — shoemaking
  • Polish: szewstwo — shoemaking
  • Swedish: skomakeri — shoemaking
  • Swedish: skotillverkning — shoemaking
  • Volapük: jukimek — shoemaking
  • Volapük: jukimekam — shoemaking
  • Welsh: cryddiaeth — shoemaking