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welder

name · noun · 7 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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  • /ˈwɛldə(ɹ)/
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  • rhymes with -ɛldə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 L D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

One who welds, that is, unites pieces of steel, aluminum, or other metals by welding.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A machine that welds.

A machine that a human operator uses for welding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: welding machine

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A machine that welds.

A robotic machine that welds automatically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: welding machine

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

One who welds, that is, wields.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A manager; an actual occupant; a land-tenant holding under the farmer or middleman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

joins pieces of metal by welding them together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

Narrower terms: spot-welder, spot welder

History

Etymology

From weld + -er.

Of Irish origin.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَحَّام (laḥḥām) — one who welds
  • Armenian: զոդող (zodoġ) — one who welds
  • Azerbaijani: qaynaqçı — one who welds
  • Basque: soldatzaile — one who welds
  • Belarusian: зва́ршчык (zvárščyk) — one who welds
  • Bulgarian: зава́рчик (zavárčik) — one who welds
  • Burmese: ဝယ်ဒိန်သမား (waidinsa.ma:) — one who welds
  • Burmese: ဂဟေဆက်သူ (ga.hehcaksu) — one who welds
  • Catalan: soldador — one who welds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 焊工 (hàngōng) — one who welds
  • Czech: svářeč — one who welds
  • Danish: svejser — one who welds
  • Dutch: lasser — one who welds
  • Esperanto: veldisto — one who welds
  • Estonian: keevitaja — one who welds
  • Finnish: hitsari — one who welds
  • French: soudeur — one who welds
  • Georgian: შემდუღებელი (šemduɣebeli) — one who welds
  • German: Schweißer — one who welds
  • German: Schweißerin — one who welds
  • Hebrew: רַתָּךְ (rátakh) — one who welds
  • Hindi: वेल्डर (velḍar) — one who welds
  • Hungarian: hegesztő — one who welds
  • Icelandic: ketilsmiður — one who welds
  • Irish: táthaire — one who welds
  • Italian: saldatore — one who welds
  • Japanese: 溶接工 (yōsetsukō) — one who welds
  • Kabuverdianu: fereru — one who welds
  • Kazakh: пісіруші (pısıruşı) — one who welds
  • Khmer: ជាងផ្សារដែក (ciəng phsaa daek) — one who welds
  • Korean: 용접공 (yongjeopgong) — one who welds
  • Kyrgyz: ширетүүчү (şiretüücü) — one who welds
  • Lao: ຊ່າງຈອດໂລຫະ (sāng chǭt lō ha) — one who welds
  • Lao: ຊ່າງຈອກ (sāng chǭk) — one who welds
  • Latvian: metinātājs — one who welds
  • Lithuanian: suvirintojas — one who welds
  • Macedonian: заварувач (zavaruvač) — one who welds
  • Māori: kaikāhono — one who welds
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sveiser — one who welds
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveisar — one who welds
  • Persian: جوشکار (juškâr) — one who welds
  • Polish: spawacz — one who welds
  • Portuguese: soldador — one who welds
  • Romanian: sudor — one who welds
  • Romanian: sudoare — one who welds
  • Russian: сва́рщик (svárščik) — one who welds
  • Russian: сва́рщица (svárščica) — one who welds
  • Serbo-Croatian: заварѝва̄ч — one who welds
  • Serbo-Croatian: zavarìvāč — one who welds
  • Slovak: zvárač — one who welds
  • Slovene: varilec — one who welds
  • Spanish: soldador — one who welds
  • Swedish: svetsare — one who welds
  • Tajik: кафшергар (kafšergar) — one who welds
  • Thai: ช่างเชื่อม — one who welds
  • Thai: ช่างเชื่อมโลหะ — one who welds
  • Turkish: kaynakçı — one who welds
  • Ukrainian: зва́рник (zvárnyk) — one who welds
  • Ukrainian: зва́рювач (zvárjuvač) — one who welds
  • Ukrainian: зва́рювальник (zvárjuvalʹnyk) — one who welds
  • Uzbek: svarkachi — one who welds
  • Vietnamese: thợ hàn — one who welds
  • Welsh: asiwr — one who welds
  • Welsh: weldiwr — one who welds
  • Basque: soldagailu — item of equipment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 焊機 /焊机 (hànjī) — item of equipment
  • Danish: svejseapparat — item of equipment
  • Danish: svejsemaskine — item of equipment
  • Dutch: lasapparaat — item of equipment
  • Finnish: hitsauskone — item of equipment
  • French: poste à souder — item of equipment
  • French: fer à souder — item of equipment
  • German: Schweißgerät — item of equipment
  • Hebrew: רַתָּךְ — item of equipment
  • Hebrew: רתכת (ratékhet) — item of equipment
  • Khmer: ឧបករណ៍ផ្សារដែក (ʼupaʼkɑɑ phsaa daek) — item of equipment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sveiseapparat — item of equipment
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveiseapparat — item of equipment
  • Portuguese: máquina de soldar — item of equipment
  • Romanian: aparat de sudură — item of equipment
  • Russian: сва́рочный агрега́т (sváročnyj agregát) — item of equipment
  • Russian: сва́рочный аппара́т (sváročnyj apparát) — item of equipment
  • Spanish: soldador — item of equipment
  • Swedish: svetsmaskin — item of equipment