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tinsmith

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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  • /ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who makes or repairs things with tin or similar alloys.

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 dealer in tin goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who makes or repairs tinware

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tinner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: smith

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English tin Proto-Germanic *smiþaz Proto-West Germanic *smiþ Old English smiþ Middle English smyth English smith English tinsmith From tin + smith.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: калайджи́я (kalajdžíja) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Catalan: llauner — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白鐵匠 /白铁匠 (bái tiějiang) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錫匠 /锡匠 (xījiàng) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Czech: klempíř — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Dutch: tingieter — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Esperanto: ladisto — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Finnish: tinaseppä — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • French: ferblantier — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • French: étameur — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • French: chaudronnier d'étain — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • German: Blechschmied — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • German: Blechschmiedin — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • German: Spengler — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • German: Spenglerin — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • German: Klempner — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Hungarian: bádogos — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Hungarian: ónműves — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Hungarian: ónozó — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Indonesian: pandai kaleng — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Indonesian: tukang kaleng — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Italian: lattoniere — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Japanese: ブリキ屋 (buriki-ya) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Japanese: 板金工 (bankinkō) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Khmer: ជាងដែកស៊ីវិឡាត (chieng daek siivi’laat) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Korean: 양철공 (yangcheolgong) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Latin: faber stannicus — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Lithuanian: skardininkas — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Macedonian: калајџија (kalajdžija) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Persian: رویگر (ruygar) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Polish: blacharz — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Portuguese: latoeiro — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Portuguese: funileiro — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Romanian: tinichigiu — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Russian: жестя́нщик (žestjánščik) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Russian: луди́льщик (ludílʹščik) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̏ма̄р — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Serbo-Croatian: кала́јџија — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȉmār — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Serbo-Croatian: kalájdžija — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Sicilian: stagninu — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Slovak: klampiar — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Slovene: klepar — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Spanish: hojalatero — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Spanish: hojalatera — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Swedish: bleckslagare — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Swedish: plåtslagare — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Turkish: kalaycı — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Ottoman Turkish: قالایجی (kalaycı) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Vietnamese: thợ thiếc — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Volapük: tünismitan — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Volapük: tünihismitan — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Volapük: tünijismitan — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Walloon: ristinneu — a person who makes or repairs things with tin
  • Yiddish: בלעכער (blekher) — a person who makes or repairs things with tin