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stonemason

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

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈstoʊnˌmeɪsən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who works in stone.

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

a craftsman who works with stone or brick

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mason

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *steyh2- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh2nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone English mason English stonemason From stone + mason.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քարտաշ (kʻartaš) — one who works in stone
  • Armenian: քարակոփ (kʻarakopʻ) — one who works in stone
  • Azerbaijani: daşyonan — one who works in stone
  • Azerbaijani: daşçı — one who works in stone
  • Catalan: picapedrer — one who works in stone
  • Catalan: trencador — one who works in stone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石工 (shígōng) — one who works in stone
  • Czech: kameník — one who works in stone
  • Dutch: steenhouwer — one who works in stone
  • Finnish: kivenhakkaaja — one who works in stone
  • French: tailleur de pierre — one who works in stone
  • French: tailleuse de pierre — one who works in stone
  • Galician: pedreiro — one who works in stone
  • Galician: canteiro — one who works in stone
  • German: Steinmetz — one who works in stone
  • German: Steinmetzin — one who works in stone
  • German: Steinhauer — one who works in stone
  • Greek: χτίστης (chtístis) — one who works in stone
  • Ancient Greek: λιθουργός (lithourgós) — one who works in stone
  • Hungarian: kőfaragó — one who works in stone
  • Irish: saor cloiche — one who works in stone
  • Italian: tagliapietre — one who works in stone
  • Italian: muratore — one who works in stone
  • Italian: edile — one who works in stone
  • Italian: scalpellino — one who works in stone
  • Japanese: 石工 (ishiku) — one who works in stone
  • Khmer: ជាងថ្ម (ciəngthmɑɑ) — one who works in stone
  • Central Kurdish: بەردتاش (berdtaş) — one who works in stone
  • Latvian: akmeņkalis — one who works in stone
  • Macedonian: камено́резец (kamenórezec) — one who works in stone
  • Manx: seyir cloaie — one who works in stone
  • Polish: kamieniarz — one who works in stone
  • Portuguese: canteiro — one who works in stone
  • Romanian: pietrar — one who works in stone
  • Russian: каменотёс (kamenotjós) — one who works in stone
  • Russian: ка́менщик (kámenščik) — one who works in stone
  • Scottish Gaelic: clachair — one who works in stone
  • Serbo-Croatian: каменорезац — one who works in stone
  • Serbo-Croatian: kamenorezac — one who works in stone
  • Slovene: kamnosek — one who works in stone
  • Spanish: cantero — one who works in stone
  • Spanish: mampostero — one who works in stone
  • Spanish: mazonero — one who works in stone
  • Swedish: stenhuggare — one who works in stone
  • Tatar: ташчы (taşçı) — one who works in stone
  • Turkish: taşçı — one who works in stone
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاشجی (taşcı) — one who works in stone
  • Ottoman Turkish: حجار (haccar) — one who works in stone
  • Ukrainian: каменя́р (kamenjár) — one who works in stone
  • Ukrainian: каменотес (kamenotes) — one who works in stone
  • Ukrainian: каменолом (kamenolom) — one who works in stone
  • West Flemish: metsenoare — one who works in stone
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