different between producer vs product

English

Etymology

produce +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???dju?s?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p???du?s?/

Noun

producer (plural producers)

1. (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
2. One who produces an artistic production like a CD, a theater production, a film, a TV program and so on.
3. (biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
4. (Britain, Ireland, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven days (or ten, in the Republic of Ireland) in which to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
5. (archaic) A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.

Derived terms

• executive producer
• primary producer

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• procured

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English producer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prodju?s?r/, [p???o?d?ju?s?]

Noun

producer c (singular definite produceren, plural indefinite producere)

1. producer (one who produces an artistic production)

Inflection

Further reading

• “producer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See producere (“to produce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /produse?r/, [p???od?use????], [p???od?u?se???]

Verb

producer

1. imperative of producere

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English producer.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro?du?cer

Noun

producer m (plural producers, diminutive producertje n)

1. producer

Synonyms

• producent

Hungarian

Etymology

From English producer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?produt?s?r]
• Hyphenation: pro?du?cer
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

producer (plural producerek)

1. producer, showrunner (one who produces an artistic production)

Declension

References

Interlingua

Verb

producer

1. to produce

Conjugation

Scots

Etymology

From English producer.

Noun

producer (plural producers)

1. producer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?ductus, perfect participle of pr?d?c?, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??d.?kt/, /?p??d.?kt/
• (General American) enPR: pr?d??kt, IPA^(key): /?p??d.?kt/, /?p??d.?kt/
• Hyphenation: prod?uct
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

product (countable and uncountable, plural products)

1. (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.

   Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods

2. (cosmetics, uncountable) Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.

3. Anything that is produced; a result.
   1. The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

      Synonyms: endwork, production, output, creation, yield

   2. A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

   3. (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

   5. (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

   6. (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
   7. Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
4. (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

Verb

product (third-person singular simple present products, present participle producting, simple past and past participle producted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To produce.
   • 1651, The Touchstone of Common Assurances (page 498)

     The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) produkt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?ductum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro??d?kt/
• Hyphenation: pro?duct
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

product n (plural producten, diminutive productje n)

1. product

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: produk
• ? Indonesian: produk