dressmaker

English

Etymology

From dress +‎ maker.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛsˌmeɪkɚ/

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Noun

dressmaker (plural dressmakers)

1. A person who makes tailor-made women's clothes.

Coordinate terms

• seamstress
• tailor

Derived terms

• dressmaker's ham

 

Translations

person who makes women's clothes

• Arabic: خَيَّاطَة f (ḵayyāṭa)
• Bengali: দর্জি (bn) f (dorji)
• Bulgarian: шивачка f (šivačka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女裝裁縫師／女装裁缝师 (nǚzhuāng cáiféngshī)

• Danish: syerske (da) c
• Finnish: ompelija (fi)
• French: couturière (fr) f
• Georgian: მკერავი (mḳeravi), თერძი (terʒi)
• German: Schneiderin (de) f
• Hindi: ललित (hi) f (lalit)
• Irish: gúnadóir m, maintín f
• Italian: sarta (it) f
• Japanese: 仕立て屋 (ja) (したてや, shitateya), ドレスメーカー (ja) (doresumēkā)
• Korean: 양장점 (ko) f (yangjangjeon)
• Norman: couôtuthiéthe f, couôtuthyi m
• Polish: krawcowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: costureira (pt) f
• Romanian: croitor (ro) m, croitoreasă (ro) f
• Russian: портни́ха (ru) f (portníxa), (dated) моди́стка (ru) f (modístka)
• Spanish: modista f
• Swedish: sömmerska (sv)
• Vilamovian: šnajder m, śnajder m