painter

See also: Painter

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪntə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪntɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪntə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English peyntour, from Old French peintor, equivalent to paint +‎ -er.

Noun

painter (plural painters)

An artist who paints pictures.
A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Scottish Gaelic: peantair

Translations

artist

Albanian: lyerës (sq) m, lyerëse (sq) f, piktor (sq) m,
Altai:
Southern Altai: бойучы (boyučï)
Arabic: رَسَّام m (rassām), رَسَّامَة f (rassāma), مُصَوِّر m (muṣawwir), صَوِّرَة (ar) f (ṣawwira), فَنَّان m (fannān), فَنَّانَة f (fannāna)
Egyptian Arabic: رسام m (rassām), فنان m (fanān)

Hijazi Arabic: رَسَّام m (rassām), فَنَّان m (fanān)
Armenian: նկարիչ (hy) (nkaričʻ)
Asturian: pintor m
Azerbaijani: rəssam (az)
Bashkir: рәссам (rässam)
Basque: margolari
Belarusian: маста́к m (masták), маста́чка f (mastáčka), маля́р m (maljár), маля́рка f (maljárka)
Bengali: চিত্রকর (bn) (citrokor)
Breton: liver (br) m
Bulgarian: худо́жник (bg) m (hudóžnik), худо́жничка f (hudóžnička), рисува́ч m (risuváč) (derogatory), рисува́чка f (risuváčka) (derogatory)
Burmese: ပန်းချီဆရာ (my) (pan:hkyihca.ra)
Catalan: pintor (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 畫家 / 画家 (waa^6-2 gaa¹)

Mandarin: 畫家 / 画家 (zh) (huàjiā)
Crimean Tatar: ressam
Czech: malíř (cs) m, malířka (cs) f
Dalmatian: depentaur m, pentaur m
Danish: maler (da) c, kunstmaler (da) c
Dutch: schilder (nl) m, kunstschilder (nl) m
Esperanto: (artist, professional, ♂♀) pentristo, (♂) virpentristo, (♀) pentristino
Estonian: kunstnik (et), maalija, maalikunstnik
Finnish: maalari (fi), taidemaalari (fi)
French: artiste peintre m or f, peintre (fr) m or f, peintresse (fr) f (occasionally)
Friulian: pitôr m
Galician: pintor (gl) m, pintora f
Georgian: მხატვარი (mxaṭvari), ფერმწერი (permc̣eri)
German: Maler (de) m, Malerin (de) f, Kunstmaler (de) m, Kunstmalerin f, Freizeitmaler m (amateur), Freizeitmalerin f, Hobbymaler m (amateur), Hobbymalerin f
Greek: ζωγράφος (el) m (zográfos)
Ancient Greek: ζωγράφος m (zōgráphos)
Gujarati: ચિતારો m (citāro), ચિત્રકાર m (citrakār)
Hebrew: צַבָּע (he) m (tsabá)
Hindi: चित्रकार (hi) m (citrakār)
Hungarian: festő (hu)
Icelandic: málari (is) m
Ido: (artist, professional, ♂♀) piktisto (io), (♂) piktistulo, (♀) piktistino, (amateur, ♂♀) piktero (io), (♂) pikerulo, (♀) pikerino
Indonesian: pelukis (id)
Interlingua: pictor
Italian: pittore (it) m, pittrice (it) f
Japanese: 画家 (ja) (がか, gaka), 絵描き (ja) (えかき, ekaki)
Kalmyk: ширдәч (şirdäç)
Kazakh: суретші (suwretši)
Khmer: ជាងគំនូរ (ciəng kumnuu), វិចិត្រករ (km) (vicetraʼkɑɑ)
Korean: 화가(畫家) (ko) (hwaga)
Kyrgyz: сүрөтчү (ky) (sürötcü)
Lao: ຈິດຕະກອນ (chit ta kǭn)
Latin: pictor (la) m, pictrix f
Latvian: gleznotājs m, krāsotājs m
Lithuanian: dažytojas m, lakuotojas m, tapytojas m
Luxembourgish: Moler (lb) m
Macedonian: сликар m (slikar), сликарка f (slikarka)
Malay: pengecat
Marathi: चित्रकार (mr) m or f (citrakār)
Middle English: peyntour
Mirandese: pintor m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зураач (mn) (zuraač)
Navajo: naʼachʼąąhí
Neapolitan: pettore m, pettóre m, pittóre m
Norman: peintre m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: maler (no) m

Nynorsk: målar m
Occitan: pintor (oc) m
Odia: ଚିତ୍ରକର (or) (citrakara)
Old English: mētere m
Persian:
Dari: نَقَّاش (fa) (naqqāš)

Iranian Persian: نَقَّاش (fa) (naġġâš), نِگارْگَر (fa) (negârgar), مُصَوِّر (fa) (mosavver)
Polish: malarz (pl) m, malarka (pl) f
Portuguese: pintor (pt) m, pintora (pt) f
Romanian: pictor (ro) m, pictoriță (ro) f
Russian: худо́жник (ru) m (xudóžnik), живопи́сец (ru) m (živopísec), худо́жница (ru) f (xudóžnica), рисова́льщик (ru) m (risoválʹščik), рисова́льщица (ru) f (risoválʹščica)
Scottish Gaelic: lì-dhealbhadair m, dealbhadair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сли̏ка̄р m, сли̏карица f

Latin: slȉkār (sh) m, slȉkarica (sh) f
Sicilian: pinturi (scn) m
Slovak: maliar (sk) m, maliarka f
Slovene: slikar (sl) m, slikarka f
Spanish: pintor (es) m, pintora (es) f
Sranan Tongo: ferfiman
Swedish: målare (sv) c, konstnär (sv) c
Tajik: наққош (naqqoš), рассом (tg) (rassom), суратгар (suratgar), мусаввир (musavvir), нигоргар (nigorgar)
Tatar: рәссам (tt) (rässam)
Telugu: చిత్రకారుడు (te) (citrakāruḍu)
Thai: จิตรกร (jìt-dtrà-gɔɔn)
Turkish: ressam (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: رسام (ressam), تصویرجی (tasvirci)
Turkmen: suratkeş
Ukrainian: худо́жник m (xudóžnyk), худо́жниця f (xudóžnycja), живопи́сець m (žyvopýsecʹ), ма́ляр m (máljar), маля́р m (maljár), ма́лярка f (máljarka), маля́рка f (maljárka)
Urdu: نَقَّاش m (naqqāś), مُصَوِّر m (musavvir)
Uyghur: رەسسام (ressam)
Uzbek: rassom (uz)
Venetan: pentór m, pitór m
Vietnamese: họa sĩ (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) pänan (vo), (♂) hipänan, (♀) jipänan
Walloon: pondeu (wa) m, mwaisse pondeu m, pinte (wa) c
Welsh: peintiwr (cy) m, arlunydd m, arluniwr m
Yiddish: מאָלער m (moler)

laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush

Afrikaans: skilder (af)
Albanian: lyerës (sq) m, lyerëse (sq) m, bojaxhi (sq) m
Altai:
Southern Altai: маляр (malyar), бойучы (boyučï)
Arabic: دَهَّان m (dahhān), دَهَّانَة f (dahhāna)
Egyptian Arabic: نقاش m (naʔāš)

Hijazi Arabic: دَهَّان m (dahhān)
Armenian: ներկարար (hy) (nerkarar)
Azerbaijani: boyaçı, rəngsaz (az)
Bashkir: буяусы (bwyawsı), маляр (malär)
Belarusian: маля́р m (maljár), маля́рка m (maljárka), фарбава́льшчык m (farbaválʹščyk), фарбава́льшчыца f (farbaválʹščyca)
Bulgarian: бояджия m (bojadžija), бояджи́йка f (bojadžíjka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 油匠 (zh) (yóujiàng)
Crimean Tatar: boyacı
Czech: malíř (cs) m, malířka (cs) f
Danish: maler (da) c
Dutch: schilder (nl) m, huisschilder (nl) m
Esperanto: (decorator ♂♀) farbisto, (♂) virfarbisto, (♀) farbistino
Estonian: maaler
Finnish: maalari (fi)
French: peintre décorateur m, peintre décoratrice f, peintresse décoratrice f
Galician: pintor (gl) m, pintora f
German: Maler (de) m, Malerin (de) f, Anstreicher (de) m, Anstreicherin f, Autolackierer m (auto), Autolackiererin f, Fahrzeuglackierer m (auto), Fahrzeuglackiererin f
Greek: βαφέας (el) m (vaféas), μπογιατζής (el) m (bogiatzís)
Hindi: रंगरेज़ m (raṅgrez)
Hungarian: szobafestő (hu)
Ido: (♂♀) indutisto (io), (♂) indutistulo, (♀) indutistino, (♂♀) domindutisto, (♂) domindutistulo, (♀) domindutistino, (♂♀) farbizisto, (♂) farbizistulo, (♀) farbizistino
Italian: verniciatore m, imbianchino m (house painter), pittore m (house painter)
Khmer: ជាងលាប (ciəng liəp), រជក (km) (rĕəʼcuək)
Macedonian: молер (mk) m (moler), молерка f (molerka), бојаџија m (bojadžija)
Māori: kaipeita
Marathi: रंगारी m or f (raṅgārī)
Middle English: peyntour
Navajo: yidleeshí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: maler (no) m

Nynorsk: målar m
Persian:
Dari: نَقَّاش (fa) (naqqāš)

Iranian Persian: نَقَّاش (fa) (naġġâš), رَنْگْکار (rangkâr)
Polish: malarz pokojowy m
Portuguese: pintor (pt) m
Romanian: vopsitor (ro) m, vopsitoare (ro) f, zugrav (ro) m
Russian: маля́р (ru) m (maljár), маля́рка (ru) f (maljárka), краси́льщик (ru) m (krasílʹščik), краси́льщица (ru) f (krasílʹščica)
Scottish Gaelic: lì-dhealbhadair m
Slovak: maliar (sk) m
Spanish: pintor (es) m, pintora (es) f, barnizador m, barnizadora (es) f
Swedish: målare (sv) c
Turkish: boyacı (tr)
Ukrainian: ма́ляр m (máljar), маля́р m (maljár), ма́лярка f (máljarka), маля́рка f (maljárka)
Urdu: رَن٘گ ساز m (raṅg sāz)
Vietnamese: thợ sơn (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) kölan (vo), (♂) hikölan, (♀) jikölan
Walloon: pondeu (wa) m, pondeu d' bastimint m, pinte (wa) c
Welsh: peintiwr (cy) m, lliwydd m

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle French pendeur.

Noun

painter (plural painters)

(obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use. [14th–17th c.]
(nautical) A rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing. [from 17th c.]
- 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
  "Shove that [fat, wicker luncheon-basket] under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
- 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
  The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
- 1980, Robert Aickman, “No Time Is Passing”, in Intrusions:
  Back at the water’s edge, Delbert realised something else. The number of steps had diminished by one, and the little boat was floating more freely to its painter.

Derived terms

shank-painter

Translations

rope

Albanian: ballamar (sq)
Bulgarian: фалин m (falin)
Finnish: kiinnitysköysi
German: Fangleine f
Greek: παλαμάρι (el) n (palamári)
Hebrew: חֶבֶל חַרְטוֹם (he) m (khevel khartom)
Italian: barbetta (it) f, cima da ormeggio f, cima da rimorchio f
Japanese: 舫綱 (moyaizuna)
Māori: torotoro (for tying up boats)
Portuguese: proiz m or f
Russian: фали́нь (ru) m (falínʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: ròpa-toisich m, ball-toisich m

Etymology 3

From a variation of panther, paralleling other Southern pronunciations for can't and aunt (see ain't for more details).

Noun

painter (plural painters)

(Southern US) A mountain lion.
- 1841, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer: A Tale. […], 1st British edition, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
  I have fou't most of the creatur's of the forest, such as bears, wolves, painters and catamounts, but this is the beginning with the red-skins.

Anagrams

Parenti, apterin, parient, pertain, pine tar, repaint, terapin