carpenter

Noun

1. A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
2. A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
3. A two-wheeled carriage.
4. A carpenter bee.
5. (British, Canada, regional) A woodlouse.

Verb

To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑː.pən.tə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: carpenter

Cognate with Old French: charpentier

In summary

From Middle English carpenter, from Anglo-Norman carpenter (compare Old French charpentier), from Late Latin carpentārius (“a carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“a wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from Latin carpentum (“a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart”), from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos (“chariot, war chariot”), probably related to Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”). Doublet of carpintero. More at car.
Displaced native Old English trēowwyrhta (literally “tree worker”).

Synonyms

joiner

woodworker

cabinetmaker

cabinet maker

workman

artisan

builder

cabinet-maker

griot

mechanic

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wood-cutter

joinery

coach-builder

carpentry

wood worker

woodworking

build

artist

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humorous person

person who grinds méal finely

carpenter bream

carpenter seabream

doppie

craftsman

doppies

chippy

Translations

falegname

carpintero

charpentier

Zimmermann

Schreiner

menuisier

Tischler

marceneiro

timmerman

ξυλουργός

نجار

cieśla

carpentiere

carpinteiro

fuster

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