different between baker vs waker

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English wakyr, from Old English wacor, waccor (“watchful, vigilant”), from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake, watchful”), equivalent to wake +? -er. Cognate with Scots wakir (“watchful”), Dutch wakker (“awake”), German wacker (“awake, alert, capable, brave”), Swedish vacker (“wakeful, watchful, fair, comely”).

Adjective

waker (comparative more waker, superlative most waker)

1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Watchful; vigilant; alert.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wakere, equivalent to wake +? -er. Compare West Frisian wekker (“alarm clock”, literally “waker”), Dutch wekker, German Wecker, Danish vækkeur.

Noun

waker (plural wakers)

1. One who wakens or arouses from sleep.
2. One who wakes somebody or something.

Derived terms

• waker-upper

Anagrams

• kewra, wrake, wreak