joiner

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪnə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English joynour (“maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.”), from Old French joigneor (“joiner, carpenter”), agent noun from joindre (“to join”), equivalent to join +‎ -er.

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
2. A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.

Hypernyms

• (maker of wooden furniture or fittings): carpenter

Derived terms

• biscuit joiner

Translations

maker of wooden furniture

• Arabic: نَجَّار (ar) m (najjār)
• Armenian: հյուսն (hy) (hyusn), ատաղձագործ (hy) (ataġjagorc), դուրգար (hy) (durgar)

  Old Armenian: հիւսն (hiwsn)

• Bulgarian: дърводелец (bg) m (dǎrvodelec)
• Catalan: fuster (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木工 (zh) (mùgōng), 細木工／细木工 (zh) (xìmùgōng)

• Czech: truhlář (cs)
• Danish: møbelsnedker c
• Dutch: timmerman (nl)
• Faroese: møbilsnikkari m, møblasnikkari m
• Finnish: puuseppä (fi), hienopuuseppä (fi)
• French: menuisier (fr) m, ébéniste (fr) m
• Georgian: დურგალი (ka) (durgali), სარანდი (sarandi)
• German: Tischler (de) m, Schreiner (de) m
• Hungarian: asztalos (hu)
• Icelandic: húsgagnasmiður m, innréttingasmiður m,
• Irish: siúinéir (ga) m
• Italian: falegname (it) m
• Japanese: 指物師 (ja) (さしものし, sashimonoshi), 建具屋 (ja) (たてぐや, tateguya)
• Macedonian: сто́лар m (stólar), дограма́џија m (dogramádžija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: møbelsnekker m

• Ottoman Turkish: طوغرامه‌جی (doğramacı), مارانغوز (marangoz), دولگر (dülger)
• Plautdietsch: Descha m
• Polish: stolarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: marceneiro (pt) m
• Romanian: tâmplar (ro) m, lemnar (ro) m, dulgher (ro) m
• Romansch: scrinari m
• Russian: столя́р (ru) m (stoljár), пло́тник (ru) m (plótnik), древоде́л m (drevodél), ме́бельщик (ru) m (mébelʹščik)
• Scottish Gaelic: saor m
• Slovak: stolár m
• Spanish: carpintero (es) m, ebanista (es) m
• Turkish: doğramacı (tr)
• Ukrainian: сто́ляр m (stóljar)
• Venetian: marangon (vec), tisler

Etymology 2

join +‎ -er

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
2. A person who joins societies or organizations.
   • 2004, Eugene Goodheart, Confessions of a Secular Jew: A Memoir‎^[1]:

     I am not a joiner. I am reluctant to sign up as a member of any organization, because I generally can't find myself or my ideas in it.

Derived terms

• zero-width joiner
• zero-width non-joiner

 

Translations

thing that joins

• Bulgarian: съединител (bg) m (sǎedinitel)
• Finnish: liitin (fi), sovitin (fi)
• German: Bindeglied (de) n
• Macedonian: спојка f (spojka)
• Portuguese: juntador m
• Russian: соедини́тель (ru) m (sojedinítelʹ)

Anagrams

• rejoin

Scots

Alternative forms

• jiner
• jyner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒəi.nər/, /ˈdʒoi.nər/

Noun

joiner (plural joiners)

1. carpenter