name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
trader
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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UK: /ˈtɹeɪdə(ɹ)/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈtɹeɪdɚ/
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homophone: traitor (accents with flapping)
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rhymes with -eɪdə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: T R EY1 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who earns a living by trading goods or securities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bargainer, dealer, monger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: merchant, merchandiser
Narrower terms: art dealer, barterer, bibliopole, bibliopolist, cheesemonger, costermonger, barrow-man, barrow-boy, cutler, draper, fence, fishmonger, fishwife, horse trader, ironmonger, hardwareman, mercer, seedsman, seedman, slopseller, slop-seller, stamp dealer, stock trader
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh2- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English trader From trade + -er.
Across languages
Translations
140 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: handelaar — one who earns a living by trading
- Afrikaans: koopman — one who earns a living by trading
- Albanian: tregtar — one who earns a living by trading
- Arabic: بَائِع (bāʔiʕ) — one who earns a living by trading
- Arabic: تَاجِر (tājir) — one who earns a living by trading
- Arabic: تَاجِرَة (tājira) — one who earns a living by trading
- Armenian: վաճառական (vačaṙakan) — one who earns a living by trading
- Azerbaijani: tacir — one who earns a living by trading
- Azerbaijani: sövdəgər — one who earns a living by trading
- Azerbaijani: alverçi — one who earns a living by trading
- Azerbaijani: ticarətçi — one who earns a living by trading
- Bashkir: сауҙагәр (sawźagər) — one who earns a living by trading
- Belarusian: гандля́р (handljár) — one who earns a living by trading
- Belarusian: гандля́рка (handljárka) — one who earns a living by trading
- Bengali: ব্যবসায়ী (bêbśaẏi) — one who earns a living by trading
- Bengali: সওদাগর (śoōdagor) — one who earns a living by trading
- Bulgarian: търго́вец (tǎrgóvec) — one who earns a living by trading
- Bulgarian: търго́вка (tǎrgóvka) — one who earns a living by trading
- Burmese: ကုန်သည် (kunsany) — one who earns a living by trading
- Burmese: ကုန်သည်ကြီး (kunsanykri:) — one who earns a living by trading
- Catalan: comerciant — one who earns a living by trading
- Chinese Cantonese: 商人 (soeng1 jan4) — one who earns a living by trading
- Chinese Mandarin: 商人 (shāngrén) — one who earns a living by trading
- Czech: obchodník — one who earns a living by trading
- Czech: kupec — one who earns a living by trading
- Danish: købmand — one who earns a living by trading
- Dutch: handelaar — one who earns a living by trading
- Estonian: kaupmees — one who earns a living by trading
- Ewe: asitsala — one who earns a living by trading
- Finnish: kauppias — one who earns a living by trading
- Finnish: liikemies — one who earns a living by trading
- French: commerçant — one who earns a living by trading
- French: trader — one who earns a living by trading
- French: marchand — one who earns a living by trading
- Galician: comerciante — one who earns a living by trading
- Galician: mercador — one who earns a living by trading
- Galician: mercadora — one who earns a living by trading
- Georgian: სოვდაგარი (sovdagari) — one who earns a living by trading
- Georgian: ვაჭარი (vač̣ari) — one who earns a living by trading
- German: Händler — one who earns a living by trading
- German: Händlerin — one who earns a living by trading
- German: Kaufmann — one who earns a living by trading
- German: Kauffrau — one who earns a living by trading
- Greek: έμπορος (émporos) — one who earns a living by trading
- Hebrew: סוֹחֵר (sokhér) — one who earns a living by trading
- Hindi: व्यापारी (vyāpārī) — one who earns a living by trading
- Hindi: सौदागर (saudāgar) — one who earns a living by trading
- Hungarian: kereskedő — one who earns a living by trading
- Icelandic: kaupmaður — one who earns a living by trading
- Indonesian: pedagang — one who earns a living by trading
- Indonesian: saudagar — one who earns a living by trading
- Irish: ceannaí — one who earns a living by trading
- Italian: commerciante — one who earns a living by trading
- Japanese: 商人 (shōnin) — one who earns a living by trading
- Japanese: トレーダー (torēdā) — one who earns a living by trading
- Kazakh: сатушы (satuşy) — one who earns a living by trading
- Kazakh: саудагер (saudager) — one who earns a living by trading
- Kazakh: көпестер (köpester) — one who earns a living by trading
- Khmer: អ្នកជំនួញ (nĕək cumnuəñ) — one who earns a living by trading
- Kikuyu: muonjoria — one who earns a living by trading
- Korean: 상인 (sang'in) — one who earns a living by trading
- Central Kurdish: بازرگان (bazirgan) — one who earns a living by trading
- Northern Kurdish: bazirgan — one who earns a living by trading
- Northern Kurdish: tacîr — one who earns a living by trading
- Kyrgyz: соодалоочу (soodaloocu) — one who earns a living by trading
- Kyrgyz: соодагер (soodager) — one who earns a living by trading
- Lao: ພານິດ (phā nit) — one who earns a living by trading
- Lao: ວະນິຊາ (wa ni sā) — one who earns a living by trading
- Lao: ວານິດ (wā nit) — one who earns a living by trading
- Lao: ພໍ່ຄ້າ (phǭ khā) — one who earns a living by trading
- Latvian: tirgotājs — one who earns a living by trading
- Lithuanian: pirklys — one who earns a living by trading
- Macedonian: трговец (trgovec) — one who earns a living by trading
- Malay: pedagang — one who earns a living by trading
- Malay: saudagar — one who earns a living by trading
- Maltese: negozjant — one who earns a living by trading
- Māori: kaihokohoko — one who earns a living by trading
- Middle English: chapman — one who earns a living by trading
- Mongolian: худалдаачин (xudaldaačin) — one who earns a living by trading
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpmann — one who earns a living by trading
- Pashto: سوداګر (sawdāgár) — one who earns a living by trading
- Pashto: تاجر (tājér) — one who earns a living by trading
- Pashto: وپاري (wapãṛi) — one who earns a living by trading
- Iranian Persian: بازَرْگان (bâzargân) — one who earns a living by trading
- Iranian Persian: تاجِر (tâjer) — one who earns a living by trading
- Iranian Persian: سُوْداگَر (sowdâgar) — one who earns a living by trading
- Plautdietsch: Koopmaun — one who earns a living by trading
- Polish: handlarz — one who earns a living by trading
- Polish: kupiec — one who earns a living by trading
- Portuguese: comerciante — one who earns a living by trading
- Romanian: comerciant — one who earns a living by trading
- Russian: торго́вец (torgóvec) — one who earns a living by trading
- Russian: тре́йдер (trɛ́jdɛr) — one who earns a living by trading
- Russian: коммерса́нт (kommersánt) — one who earns a living by trading
- Russian: торга́ш (torgáš) — one who earns a living by trading
- Russian: купе́ц (kupéc) — one who earns a living by trading
- Russian: продаве́ц (prodavéc) — one who earns a living by trading
- Serbo-Croatian: тр̀говац — one who earns a living by trading
- Serbo-Croatian: тр̀го̄вкиња — one who earns a living by trading
- Serbo-Croatian: tr̀govac — one who earns a living by trading
- Serbo-Croatian: tr̀gōvkinja — one who earns a living by trading
- Slovak: obchodník — one who earns a living by trading
- Slovak: kupec — one who earns a living by trading
- Slovene: trgovec — one who earns a living by trading
- Spanish: comerciante — one who earns a living by trading
- Spanish: tréider — one who earns a living by trading
- Swahili: mfanyabiashara — one who earns a living by trading
- Swedish: handlare — one who earns a living by trading
- Swedish: köpman — one who earns a living by trading
- Tajik: савдогар (savdogar) — one who earns a living by trading
- Tajik: тоҷир (tojir) — one who earns a living by trading
- Tajik: бозоргон (bozorgon) — one who earns a living by trading
- Tatar: сәүдәгәр (säwdägär) — one who earns a living by trading
- Telugu: వర్తకుడు (vartakuḍu) — one who earns a living by trading
- Thai: พ่อค้า (pɔ̂ɔ-káa) — one who earns a living by trading
- Thai: ผู้ค้า (pûu-káa) — one who earns a living by trading
- Thai: ผู้ค้าขาย (pûu-káa-kǎai) — one who earns a living by trading
- Thai: แม่ค้า (mɛ̂ɛ-káa) — one who earns a living by trading
- Thai: ผู้ประกอบการค้า — one who earns a living by trading
- Thai: ผู้ทําการค้า — one who earns a living by trading
- Thai: พาณิช (paa-nít) — one who earns a living by trading
- Turkish: tüccar — one who earns a living by trading
- Turkish: tacir — one who earns a living by trading
- Turkmen: söwdagär — one who earns a living by trading
- Ukrainian: торго́вець (torhóvecʹ) — one who earns a living by trading
- Ukrainian: крама́р (kramár) — one who earns a living by trading
- Ukrainian: кра́мар (krámar) — one who earns a living by trading
- Unami: mèmhalamùnt — one who earns a living by trading
- Urdu: سَوداگَر (saudāgar) — one who earns a living by trading
- Urdu: تاجِر (tājir) — one who earns a living by trading
- Uyghur: سودىگەر (sodiger) — one who earns a living by trading
- Uzbek: savdogar — one who earns a living by trading
- Uzbek: doʻkondor — one who earns a living by trading
- Uzbek: tujjor — one who earns a living by trading
- Vietnamese: thương thuyền — one who earns a living by trading
- Vietnamese: thương gia — one who earns a living by trading
- Yiddish: האַנדלער (handler) — one who earns a living by trading
- Yiddish: הענדלער (hendler) — one who earns a living by trading
- Yiddish: קויפֿמאַן (koyfman) — one who earns a living by trading
- Zulu: uḿhwebi — one who earns a living by trading
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