different between architect vs maker

English

Etymology

From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (arkhitékt?n, “master builder”), from ????- (arkhi-, “chief”) + ?????? (tékt?n, “builder”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k?t?kt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???k?t?kt/

Noun

architect (plural architects)

1. A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.

2. A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
3. (Philippines) A title given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.

Synonyms

• architector (obsolete)

Derived terms

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Translations

Verb

architect (third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected)

1. (transitive) To design, plan, or orchestrate.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (arkhitékt?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rxi?t?kt/, /??r?i?t?kt/
• Hyphenation: ar?chi?tect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

architect m (plural architecten, diminutive architectje n, feminine architecte)

1. architect

Synonyms

• bouwmeester

Derived terms

• architectenbureau
• binnenhuisarchitect
• landschapsarchitect
• tuinarchitect

Related terms

• architectuur

Descendants

• Afrikaans: argitek
• Indonesian: arsitek

English

Etymology

From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make +? -er. Compare English makar, Scots makar, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager, Swedish makare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?me?k.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?me?k.?/
• Rhymes: -e?k?(r)

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
2. (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God.
3. (now rare) A poet.
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:

     Set ?ophia a?yde, for euery iack raker
     And euery mad medler mu?t now be a maker

   • 2000, Alasdair Gray, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury 2002, p. 9:

     It is refreshing to read how makers find great allies in the past to help them tackle the present. It helps us to see that literature is a conversation across boundaries of nation, century and language.

4. (law) Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.

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Translations

Anagrams

• kerma, marke

Dutch

Etymology

From maken (“to make”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?.k?r/
• Hyphenation: ma?ker
• Rhymes: -a?k?r

Noun

maker m (plural makers, diminutive makertje n, feminine maakster)

1. maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)

Derived terms

• druktemaker
• fietsenmaker
• gangmaker
• praatjesmaker
• schoenmaker
• schoonmaker
• stratenmaker

Anagrams

• kamer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• makere, makiere, makyere, macare

Etymology

From maken +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?k?r(?)/

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. God as creator of all.
2. Someone who makes; a craftsperson.
3. An author or other creative.
4. (rare) One who does.

Derived terms

• bellemaker
• monymaker
• patynmaker

Descendants

• English: maker
• Scots: maker, macker, makar
  • ? English: makar

References

• “m?ker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maker m

1. indefinite plural of make