אינסטאַלאַטאָר

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from French installateur (“installer”), with the particular ־טאָר (-tor) ending possibly coming from Romanian instalator (“plumber”), or influenced by semantically unrelated Lithuanian instaliatorius or Russian инсталлятор (installjator, “installer”). Compare Bulgarian инсталатор (instalator), German Installateur (a direct borrowing of which would've yielded a ־טער (-ter) ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnstaˈɫatɔr/

Noun

אינסטאַלאַטאָר • (instalator) m, plural אינסטאַלאַטאָרן (instalatorn)

1. plumber

   Synonyms: רערן־שלאָסער (rern-shloser), סאַנטעכניק (santekhnik)

Usage notes

• The stress falls on the last syllable in the plural, i.e. /ɪnstaɫaˈtɔrn̩/ rather than /ɪnstaˈɫatɔrn̩/.

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “אינסטאַלאַטאָר”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “plumber”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “אינסטאַלאַטאָר” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].