designer

See also: Designer and désigner

English

Etymology

design +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

designer (plural designers)

  1. A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
  2. A plotter or schemer.
  3. (computing) A software tool for designing things.
    a font designer
    a level designer for a video game

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Adjective

designer (not comparable)

  1. Created by a designer, especially a fashion designer.
    designer swimwear
    a designer briefcase

Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English designer. Equivalent to design +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /diˈzɑi̯.nər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner

Noun

designer m (plural designers, diminutive designertje n)

  1. designer

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdisɑi̯ner/, [ˈdis̠ɑi̯ne̞r]

Noun

designer

  1. designer
    Synonym: suunnittelija

Declension
Inflection of designer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative designer designerit
genitive designerin designerien
designereiden
designereitten
partitive designeria designereita
designereja
illative designeriin designereihin
singular plural
nominative designer designerit
accusative nom. designer designerit
gen. designerin
genitive designerin designerien
designereiden
designereitten
partitive designeria designereita
designereja
inessive designerissa designereissa
elative designerista designereista
illative designeriin designereihin
adessive designerilla designereilla
ablative designerilta designereilta
allative designerille designereille
essive designerina designereina
translative designeriksi designereiksi
instructive — designerein
abessive designeritta designereitta
comitative — designereineen
Possessive forms of designer (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person designerini designerimme
2nd person designerisi designerinne
3rd person designerinsa

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English designer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.zaj.nœʁ/

Noun

designer m (plural designers)

  1. designer

Etymology 2

English design +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.zaj.ne/

Verb

designer

  1. to design
Conjugation
Conjugation of designer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple designer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple designant
/di.zaj.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle designé
/di.zaj.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present designe
/di.zajn/		 designes
/di.zajn/		 designe
/di.zajn/		 designons
/di.zaj.nɔ̃/		 designez
/di.zaj.ne/		 designent
/di.zajn/
imperfect designais
/di.zaj.nɛ/		 designais
/di.zaj.nɛ/		 designait
/di.zaj.nɛ/		 designions
/di.zaj.njɔ̃/		 designiez
/di.zaj.nje/		 designaient
/di.zaj.nɛ/
past historic2 designai
/di.zaj.ne/		 designas
/di.zaj.na/		 designa
/di.zaj.na/		 designâmes
/di.zaj.nam/		 designâtes
/di.zaj.nat/		 designèrent
/di.zaj.nɛʁ/
future designerai
/di.zaj.nə.ʁe/		 designeras
/di.zaj.nə.ʁa/		 designera
/di.zaj.nə.ʁa/		 designerons
/di.zaj.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 designerez
/di.zaj.nə.ʁe/		 designeront
/di.zaj.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional designerais
/di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/		 designerais
/di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/		 designerait
/di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/		 designerions
/di.zaj.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 designeriez
/di.zaj.nə.ʁje/		 designeraient
/di.zaj.nə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present designe
/di.zajn/		 designes
/di.zajn/		 designe
/di.zajn/		 designions
/di.zaj.njɔ̃/		 designiez
/di.zaj.nje/		 designent
/di.zajn/
imperfect2 designasse
/di.zaj.nas/		 designasses
/di.zaj.nas/		 designât
/di.zaj.na/		 designassions
/di.zaj.na.sjɔ̃/		 designassiez
/di.zaj.na.sje/		 designassent
/di.zaj.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — designe
/di.zajn/		 — designons
/di.zaj.nɔ̃/		 designez
/di.zaj.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /deˈzaj.ner/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ajner

Noun

designer m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. designer (especially one who designs furniture or other industrial products)

References
  1. designer in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Verb

dēsigner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēsignō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

designer

  1. present tense of designe

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /diˈzaj.nɛr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajnɛr
  • Syllabification: de‧sig‧ner
  • Homophone: dizajner

Noun

designer m pers (feminine designerka)

  1. (design) designer (person who designs usable objects)
    Hypernym: projektant

Declension
Declension of designer
singular plural
nominative designer designerzy
genitive designera designerów
dative designerowi designerom
accusative designera designerów
instrumental designerem designerami
locative designerze designerach
vocative designerze designerzy

Derived terms
adjective
noun

Further reading
  • designer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • designer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neɾ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈzaj.neɻ/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.neɻ]

Noun

designer m or f by sense (plural designers)

  1. designer (person who designs)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

Noun

designer m (plural designeri)

  1. designer

Declension
Declension of designer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) designer designerul (niște) designeri designerii
genitive/dative (unui) designer designerului (unor) designeri designerilor
vocative designerule designerilor

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

designer

  1. indefinite plural of design.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English designer.

Noun

designer c

  1. a designer
Declension
Declension of designer 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative designer designern designer designerna
Genitive designers designerns designers designernas
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