weaver

Significat (Anglès)

1. A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
2. A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
3. A weaverbird.
4. An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
5. Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
6. Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.

Conceptes

teixidor

Sinònims

knitter

weaver finch

weaverbird

webster

weaver bird

blacksmith

Weaver

barber

💈

milkman

weaving

Traduccions

tisserand

Weber

tejedor

tessitore

υφαντής

wever

tisseur

Weberin

tisseuse

tisserin

tejedora

tisserande

tecelão

tessitrice

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wevere

Heretat de anglès antic: *wefere

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Weeuwer

Cognat amb neerlandès: wever

Cognat amb alemany: Weber

Cognat amb suec: vävare

Cognat amb islandès: vefari

In summary

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”).