locksmith

English

Etymology

From Middle English loksmith; equivalent to lock +‎ smith.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑksmɪθ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒksmɪθ/

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• Hyphenation: lock‧smith

Noun

locksmith (plural locksmiths)

1. One who practices locksmithing.
   • 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 96:

     The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:

     Piccadilly, 12:30 o'clock.--Just before we reached Fenchurch Street Lord Godalming said to me, "Quincey and I will find a locksmith. You had better not come with us in case there should be any difficulty. For under the circumstances it wouldn't seem so bad for us to break into an empty house.

2. (gambling, slang) Someone who only bets when they are sure they will win.

   Synonym: (slang) handcuff artist

Derived terms

• locksmithery
• locksmithy

Translations

one who practices locksmithing

• Afrikaans: slotmaker
• Albanian: bravandreqës (sq) m, bravapunues (sq) m, çelësabërës (sq) m
• Arabic: قَفَّال m (qaffāl), قَفَّالَة f (qaffāla)
• Armenian: փականագործ (hy) (pʻakanagorc)
• Azerbaijani: çilingər (az), açarçı, açar ustası
• Belarusian: сле́сар m (sljésar), сьле́сар m (sʹljésar)
• Breton: alc'hwezer (br) m
• Bulgarian: ключа́р m (ključár), шло́сер (bg) m (šlóser)
• Catalan: manyà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎖匠 / 锁匠 (zh) (suǒjiàng)

• Corsican: chjavaghjolu m, chjavaghju m
• Crimean Tatar: çilengir
• Czech: zámečník (cs) m
• Danish: låsesmed c
• Dutch: slotenmaker (nl) m
• Esperanto: seruristo
• Estonian: lukksepp
• Faroese: lásasmiður m
• Finnish: lukkoseppä (fi)
• French: serrurier (fr) m
• Galician: cerralleiro m
• Georgian: ზეინკალი (zeinḳali)
• German: Schlosser (de) m
• Greek: κλειδαράς (el) m (kleidarás)
• Hebrew: מַנְעוּלָן m (man'ulán)
• Hungarian: lakatos (hu)
• Icelandic: lásasmiður m
• Ido: seruristo (io)
• Indonesian: tukang kunci
• Irish: glasadóir m, glasaire m
• Italian: serraturiere (it) m
• Japanese: 錠前屋 (じょうまえや, jōmaeya)
• Khmer: ជាងសោ (ciəng sao)
• Korean: 자물쇠 장수 (jamulsoe jangsu), 자물쇠 수리인 (jamulsoe suriin)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: claustrārius m
• Latvian: atslēdznieks
• Lithuanian: šaltkalvis m
• Macedonian: бра́вар m (brávar), клу́чар m (klúčar)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: түлхүүрчин (tülxüürčin), слесарь (mn) (slesarʹ)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: låsesmed m, kleinsmed m

  Nynorsk: låsesmed m, kleinsmed m

• Plautdietsch: Schlätelschmett m
• Polish: ślusarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: chaveiro (pt) m
• Romanian: lăcătuș (ro) m
• Russian: сле́сарь (ru) m (slésarʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шло̏сер m, бра̏ва̄р m

  Latin: šlȍser (sh) m, brȁvār (sh) m

• Slovak: zámočník m
• Slovene: bravar m
• Spanish: cerrajero (es) m
• Swedish: låssmed (sv) c
• Tagalog: panday-kaban
• Thai: ช่างทำกุญแจ (châang-tam-gun-jɛɛ)
• Turkish: anahtarcı (tr), çilingir (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: چلنكیر (çilingir)

• Ukrainian: слю́сар m (sljúsar)
• Vietnamese: thợ sửa ống khóa
• Yiddish: שלאָסער m (shloser)