weaver

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See weaver.

From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: endës — one who weaves
• Albanian: endëse — one who weaves
• Southern Altai: бӧс согоочы (bös sogoočï) — one who weaves
• Arabic: نَسَّاج (nassāj) — one who weaves
• Arabic: نَسَّاجَة (nassāja) — one who weaves
• Arabic: حياك (ḥayyāk) — one who weaves
• Aragonese: teixidor — one who weaves
• Armenian: ջուլհակ (ǰulhak) — one who weaves
• Armenian: ոստայնանկ (ostaynank) — one who weaves
• Assamese: তাঁতী (tãti) — one who weaves
• Assamese: শিপিনী (xipini) — one who weaves
• Assamese: তাঁতিনী (tãtini) — one who weaves
• Assamese: বোৱনী (büni) — one who weaves
• Assamese: জোলা (züla) — one who weaves
• Azerbaijani: toxucu — one who weaves
• Belarusian: ткач (tkač) — one who weaves
• Belarusian: тка́лля (tkállja) — one who weaves
• Bulgarian: тъка́ч (tǎkáč) — one who weaves
• Bulgarian: тъка́чка (tǎkáčka) — one who weaves
• Catalan: teixidor — one who weaves
• Chinese Mandarin: 織布工 /织布工 (zhībùgōng) — one who weaves
• Chinese Mandarin: 織工 /织工 (zhīgōng) — one who weaves
• Czech: tkadlec — one who weaves
• Czech: tkadlena — one who weaves
• Danish: væver — one who weaves
• Dutch: wever — one who weaves
• Dutch: weefster — one who weaves
• Estonian: kuduja — one who weaves
• Estonian: kangur — one who weaves
• Finnish: kutoja — one who weaves
• French: tisserand — one who weaves
• French: tisserande — one who weaves
• French: tisseur — one who weaves
• French: tisseuse — one who weaves
• Galician: tecedor — one who weaves
• Galician: tecelán — one who weaves
• German: Weber — one who weaves
• German: Weberin — one who weaves
• Greek: υφαντής (yfantís) — one who weaves
• Greek: υφάντρια (yfántria) — one who weaves
• Ancient Greek: ὑφάντης (huphántēs) — one who weaves
• Ancient Greek: ὑφάντρια (huphántria) — one who weaves
• Ancient Greek: γέρδιος (gérdios) — one who weaves
• Hausa: masā̀ƙī — one who weaves
• Hindi: बुनकर (bunkar) — one who weaves
• Hindi: जुलाहा (julāhā) — one who weaves
• Hungarian: szövő — one who weaves
• Hungarian: szövőnő — one who weaves
• Hungarian: takács — one who weaves
• Icelandic: vefari — one who weaves
• Ingrian: kutoja — one who weaves
• Italian: tessitore — one who weaves
• Italian: tessitrice — one who weaves
• Japanese: 織工 (shokkō) — one who weaves
• Japanese: 織子 (oriko) — one who weaves
• Japanese: 幡屋 (hataya) — one who weaves
• Kazakh: тоқушы (toquşy) — one who weaves
• Kazakh: тоқымашы (toqymaşy) — one who weaves
• Khmer: ជាងតម្បាញ (chéangtâmbanh) — one who weaves
• Korean: 직공 (jikgong) — one who weaves
• Kumyk: согувчу (soguwçu) — one who weaves
• Northern Kurdish: tevnker — one who weaves
• Northern Kurdish: tevnrês — one who weaves
• Kyrgyz: токуучу (tokuucu) — one who weaves
• Latin: textor — one who weaves
• Latin: textrīx — one who weaves
• Latvian: audējs — one who weaves
• Latvian: audēja — one who weaves
• Lithuanian: audėjas — one who weaves
• Lithuanian: audėja — one who weaves
• Low German: Wever — one who weaves
• Low German: Wäver — one who weaves
• Low German: Weverin — one who weaves
• Low German: Weversch — one who weaves
• Low German: Weversche — one who weaves
• Low German: Wäverin — one who weaves
• Low German: Wäversch — one who weaves
• Low German: Wäversche — one who weaves
• Luxembourgish: Wiewer — one who weaves
• Macedonian: ткајач (tkajač) — one who weaves
• Macedonian: ткајачка (tkajačka) — one who weaves
• Malayalam: നെയ്ത്തുകാരൻ (neyttukāraṉ) — one who weaves
• Malayalam: നെയ്ത്തുകാരി (neyttukāri) — one who weaves
• Māori: kaiwhatu — one who weaves
• Māori: kairangaranga — one who weaves
• Māori: kairaranga — one who weaves
• Middle English: webbere — one who weaves
• Middle English: webbestere — one who weaves
• Middle English: wevere — one who weaves
• Norwegian Bokmål: vever — one who weaves
• Norwegian Bokmål: veverske — one who weaves
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vevar — one who weaves
• Norwegian Nynorsk: veverske — one who weaves
• Old English: webbestre — one who weaves
• Persian: بافنده (bâfande) — one who weaves
• Plautdietsch: Wäwa — one who weaves
• Polabian: tåkăc — one who weaves
• Polish: tkacz — one who weaves
• Polish: tkaczka — one who weaves
• Portuguese: tecelão — one who weaves
• Portuguese: tecelã — one who weaves
• Romanian: țesător — one who weaves
• Romanian: țesătoare — one who weaves
• Russian: ткач (tkač) — one who weaves
• Russian: ткачи́ха (tkačíxa) — one who weaves
• Sanskrit: तंतुवाय (taṃtuvāya) — one who weaves
• Sanskrit: कोलिक (kolika) — one who weaves
• Scots: wabster — one who weaves
• Serbo-Croatian: tkalac — one who weaves
• Serbo-Croatian: tkač — one who weaves
• Slovak: tkáč — one who weaves
• Slovak: tkáčka — one who weaves
• Slovene: tkalec — one who weaves
• Slovene: tkalka — one who weaves
• Spanish: tejedor — one who weaves
• Spanish: tejedora — one who weaves
• Swahili: mfumaji — one who weaves
• Swedish: vävare — one who weaves
• Swedish: väverska — one who weaves
• Tagalog: tagahabi — one who weaves
• Tajik: бофанда (bofanda) — one who weaves
• Telugu: మగ్గరి (maggari) — one who weaves
• Thai: ผู้ทอ — one who weaves
• Tocharian B: wapātstsa — one who weaves
• Turkish: dokumacı — one who weaves
• Turkmen: dokmaçy — one who weaves
• Ukrainian: ткач (tkač) — one who weaves
• Ukrainian: тка́ля (tkálja) — one who weaves
• Uyghur: توقۇمىچى (toqumichi) — one who weaves
• Uzbek: toʻquvchi — one who weaves
• Uzbek: toʻqimachi — one who weaves
• Uzbek: bofanda — one who weaves
• Vietnamese: thợ dệt — one who weaves
• Walloon: texheu — one who weaves
• Welsh: gweadur — one who weaves
• Arabic: تَنَوُّط (tanawwuṭ) — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Catalan: teixidor — bird in the family Ploceidae
• French: tisserin — bird in the family Ploceidae
• German: Webervogel — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Hungarian: szövőmadár — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Japanese: 機織鳥 (hataori-dori) — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Kikuyu: thonjo — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Malay: burung tempua — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Norwegian Bokmål: vever — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Norwegian Bokmål: veverfugl — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vevar — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vevarfugl — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Polish: wikłacz — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Romanian: pasărea țesător — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Swedish: vävare — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Swedish: vävarfågel — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Turkish: dokumacı kuş — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Welsh: gwehydd — bird in the family Ploceidae
• Zulu: ihlokohloko — bird in the family Ploceidae