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tannery

noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtænəɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where people tan hides to make leather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tanhouse

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The business of a tanner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

workplace where skins and hides are tanned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workplace, work

History

Etymology

From tan + -ery; compare Old French tannerie.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: դաբաղանոց (dabaġanocʻ) — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Bulgarian: дъбилня (dǎbilnja) — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Catalan: adoberia — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Czech: koželužna — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Finnish: parkitsimo — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • French: tannerie — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • French: mégisserie — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Galician: curtidoiro — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Galician: pelamio — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • German: Gerberei — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Hungarian: cserzőműhely — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Irish: tonnús — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Persian: دباغ خانه (dabbâġ-xâne) — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Plautdietsch: Joawarie — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Polish: garbarnia — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Portuguese: curtume — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Russian: дуби́льня (dubílʹnja) — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Spanish: curtiduría — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Spanish: tenería — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Turkish: tabakhane — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Yiddish: גאַרבערײַ (garberay) — place where people tan hides to make leather
  • Bulgarian: дъбене (dǎbene) — business of a tanner
  • Bulgarian: щавене (štavene) — business of a tanner
  • Catalan: adoberia — business of a tanner
  • Persian: دباغی (dabbâġi) — business of a tanner
  • Polish: garbarstwo — business of a tanner
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