different between baker vs oaker

English

Etymology

From Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bak?rijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake +? -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

baker (plural bakers)

1. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
2. A portable oven for baking.

Synonyms

• (person who bakes): baxter (obsolete, Britain, Scotland), dougher (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on bakers

Anagrams

• Abrek, Brake, barke, brake, break

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Short for bakermoeder.

Noun

baker f (plural bakers, diminutive bakertje n)

1. (historical) A midwife; one who helps women in childbirth with deliveries.

Derived terms

• bakerhaai
• bakerpraat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

baker

1. first-person singular present indicative of bakeren
2. imperative of bakeren

Anagrams

• brake

Lacandon

Noun

baker

1. bone

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bakari, from Proto-Germanic *bak?rijaz.

Noun

baker m (definite singular bakeren, indefinite plural bakere, definite plural bakerne)

1. a baker (person who bakes professionally)

Related terms

• bake
• bakeri

See also

• bakar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

baker m pl

1. indefinite plural of bak

Etymology 3

Verb

baker

1. present tense of bake

References

• “baker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bakar

Verb

baker

1. present of baka
2. present of bake

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bàkar, from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (bak?r), from Old Turkic bak?r? (bak?r), from Proto-Turkic *bak?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bà?k?r/

Noun

bák?r m inan

1. copper (metal)

Inflection

Further reading

• “baker”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

English

Noun

oaker (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of ochre.

   • All is but fained, and with oaker dide,
     That everie shower will wash and wipe away.

Anagrams

• Korea