weaver

See also: Weaver

English

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Etymology

From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave +‎ -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.vɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)
• Homophone: weever

Noun

weaver (plural weavers)

2. A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
   • 1738, J. B. Du Halde, “PROVINCE II. KYANG-NAN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎, volume I, London, →OCLC, page 73:

     The Silks, varniſh'd Works, Ink, Paper, and in general every thing that comes, both from Nan-king and the other Cities of the Province, which carry on an aſtoniſhing Trade, is much more eſteem'd and dear, than what is brought from other Provinces. In the City Shang-hay only, and the Villages belonging to it, they reckon above 200,000 Weavers of Callico.

4. A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.

   Coordinate terms: spoke, stake

   • 1988, Lyn Siler, The Basket Book: Over 30 Magnificent Baskets to Make and Enjoy:

     To add a new weaver, simply soak a new one, slide one end under a rib (over the old weaver) and continue weaving with both of them until the old one runs out. […] If your weaver has dried, rewet it and weave several rows as in Diagram 26.

6. A weaverbird.
8. An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
10. Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
12. Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.

Derived terms

• baya weaver
• dwarf cobweb weaver spider
• funnel weaver
• golden silk orb-weaver
• lentil-weaver
• meshweb weaver
• red-legged golden orb-weaver spider
• sheet weaver
• sociable weaver
• southern masked weaver
• sparrow-weaver
• speckle-fronted weaver
• village weaver
• Weaver
• weaver ant
• yellow-mantled weaver

Related terms

• weave

Translations

one who weaves

Albanian: endës (sq) m, endëse (sq) f Arabic: نَسَّاج m (nassāj), نَسَّاجَة f (nassāja) Egyptian Arabic: حياك m (ḥayyāk) Aragonese: teixidor Armenian: ջուլհակ (hy) (ǰulhak), ոստայնանկ (hy) (ostaynank) Assamese: তাঁতী (tãti), শিপিনী f (xipini), তাঁতিনী f (tãtini), বোৱনী f (büni), জোলা (züla) Azerbaijani: toxucu Belarusian: ткач m (tkač), тка́лля f (tkállja) Bulgarian: тъка́ч m (tǎkáč), тъка́чка f (tǎkáčka) Catalan: teixidor (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 織布工 / 织布工 (zhībùgōng), 織工 / 织工 (zh) (zhīgōng) Czech: tkadlec (cs) m, tkadlena f Danish: væver (da) c Dutch: wever (nl) m, weefster (nl) f Estonian: kuduja, kangur Finnish: kutoja (fi) French: tisserand (fr) m, tisserande (fr) f, tisseur (fr) m, tisseuse (fr) f Galician: tecedor (gl), tecelán (gl) German: Weber (de) m, Weberin (de) f Greek: υφαντής (el) m (yfantís), υφάντρια (el) f (yfántria) Ancient: ὑφάντης m (huphántēs), ὑφάντρια f (huphántria), γέρδιος m (gérdios) Hausa: masā̀ƙī m Hindi: बुनकर (hi) m (bunkar), जुलाहा (hi) m (julāhā) Hungarian: szövő (hu), (female) szövőnő (hu), takács (hu) Icelandic: vefari (is) m Ingrian: kutoja Italian: tessitore (it) m, tessitrice f Japanese: 織工 (ja) (しょっこう, shokkō), 織子 (おりこ, oriko), 幡屋 (はたや, hataya) Kazakh: тоқушы (toquşy), тоқымашы (toqymaşy) Khmer: ជាងតម្បាញ (chéangtâmbanh) Korean: 직공(織工) (jikgong) Kumyk: согувчу (soguwçu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: tevnker (ku), tevnrês Kyrgyz: токуучу (ky) (tokuucu) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: textor m, textrīx f Latvian: audējs m, audēja f Lithuanian: audėjas m, audėja f Low German: German Low German: Wever m, Wäver m, Weverin f, Weversch f, Weversche f, Wäverin f, Wäversch f, Wäversche f Luxembourgish: Wiewer m Macedonian: ткајач m (tkajač), ткајачка f (tkajačka) Malayalam: നെയ്‌ത്തുകാരന് (ney‌ttukāraṉ) Maori: kaiwhatu, kairangaranga, kairaranga Middle English: webbere, webbestere, wevere Norwegian: Bokmål: vever m, veverske m or f Nynorsk: vevar m, veverske f Old English: webbestre Persian: بافنده (fa) (bâfande) Plautdietsch: Wäwa m Polabian: tåkăc m Polish: tkacz (pl) m, tkaczka (pl) f Portuguese: tecelão (pt) m, tecelã f Romanian: țesător (ro) m, țesătoare (ro) f Russian: ткач (ru) m (tkač), ткачи́ха (ru) f (tkačíxa) Sanskrit: तंतुवाय (taṃtuvāya), कोलिक (sa) m (kolika) Scots: wabster Serbo-Croatian: tkalac (sh) m, tkač (sh) m Slovak: tkáč m, tkáčka f Slovene: tkalec m, tkalka f Southern Altai: бӧс согоочы (bös sogoočï) Spanish: tejedor m, tejedora (es) f Swahili: mfumaji (sw) Swedish: vävare (sv) c, väverska (sv) c Tagalog: tagahabi Tajik: бофанда (bofanda) Telugu: మగ్గరి (te) (maggari) Thai: ผู้ทอ Tocharian B: wapātstsa Turkish: dokumacı (tr) Turkmen: dokmaçy Ukrainian: ткач m (tkač), тка́ля f (tkálja) Uyghur: توقۇمىچى (toqumichi) Uzbek: toʻquvchi (uz), toʻqimachi (uz), bofanda (uz) Vietnamese: thợ dệt Walloon: texheu (wa) m Welsh: gweadur

bird in the family Ploceidae

Catalan: teixidor (ca) m French: tisserin (fr) m German: Webervogel (de) m Hungarian: szövőmadár (hu) Japanese: 機織鳥 (hataori-dori) Kikuyu: thonjo Malay: burung tempua Norwegian: Bokmål: vever m, veverfugl m Nynorsk: vevar m, vevarfugl m Polish: wikłacz m Romanian: pasărea țesător f Swedish: vävare (sv) c, vävarfågel c Turkish: dokumacı kuş (tr) Welsh: gwehydd m Zulu: ihlokohloko (zu)

See also

• Webb
• Webber
• Webster