# designer
## English
### Etymology

From design +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

### Noun

designer (plural designers)
* A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
** 2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times‎:While the thought of a home urinal may seem vaguely “Animal House,” Mr. Scherer’s interior designer, Ashley Astleford, wasn’t surprised by his request. This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.
* A plotter or schemer.
* (computing) A software tool for designing things.
    a font designer
    a level designer for a video game

#### Derived terms

* codesigner
* designerati
* designer dyke
* designer label
* designerless
* designerly
* designership
* designer stubble
* designerwear
* fashion designer
* graphic designer
* industrial designer
* intelligent designer
* interior designer
* motion designer
* nondesigner
* set designer
* sound designer
* type designer
* web designer

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: designer
* → Finnish: designer
* → French: designer
* → Italian: designer
* → Japanese: デザイナー (dezainā)
* → Korean: 디자이너 (dijaineo)
* → Portuguese: designer
* → Russian: диза́йнер (dizájner) (see there for further descendants)
* → Swedish: designer

#### Translations
### Adjective

designer (not comparable)
* Created by a designer, especially a fashion designer.
    designer swimwear
    a designer briefcase

#### Derived terms

* designer baby
* designer dog
* designer drug

### Anagrams

* resigned, Deerings, re-design, reedings, re-signed, Edingers, enridges, energids, redesign

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English designer. Equivalent to designen +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈzɑi̯.nər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner

### Noun

designer m (plural designers, diminutive designertje n)
* designer

#### Synonyms

* ontwerper

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdisɑi̯ner/, [ˈdis̠ɑ̝i̯ne̞r]
* Rhymes: -isɑiner

### Noun

designer
* designer
    Synonym: suunnittelija

#### Declension

Possessive forms of designer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
designerini
designerini
accusative
nom.
designerini
designerini
gen.
designerini
genitive
designerini
designerieni designereideni designereitteni
partitive
designeriani
designereitani designerejani
inessive
designerissani
designereissani
elative
designeristani
designereistani
illative
designeriini
designereihini
adessive
designerillani
designereillani
ablative
designeriltani
designereiltani
allative
designerilleni
designereilleni
essive
designerinani
designereinani
translative
designerikseni
designereikseni
abessive
designerittani
designereittani
instructive
comitative
—designereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
designerisi
designerisi
accusative
nom.
designerisi
designerisi
gen.
designerisi
genitive
designerisi
designeriesi designereidesi designereittesi
partitive
designeriasi
designereitasi designerejasi
inessive
designerissasi
designereissasi
elative
designeristasi
designereistasi
illative
designeriisi
designereihisi
adessive
designerillasi
designereillasi
ablative
designeriltasi
designereiltasi
allative
designerillesi
designereillesi
essive
designerinasi
designereinasi
translative
designeriksesi
designereiksesi
abessive
designerittasi
designereittasi
instructive
comitative
—designereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
designerimme
designerimme
accusative
nom.
designerimme
designerimme
gen.
designerimme
genitive
designerimme
designeriemme designereidemme designereittemme
partitive
designeriamme
designereitamme designerejamme
inessive
designerissamme
designereissamme
elative
designeristamme
designereistamme
illative
designeriimme
designereihimme
adessive
designerillamme
designereillamme
ablative
designeriltamme
designereiltamme
allative
designerillemme
designereillemme
essive
designerinamme
designereinamme
translative
designeriksemme
designereiksemme
abessive
designerittamme
designereittamme
instructive
comitative
—designereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
designerinne
designerinne
accusative
nom.
designerinne
designerinne
gen.
designerinne
genitive
designerinne
designerienne designereidenne designereittenne
partitive
designerianne
designereitanne designerejanne
inessive
designerissanne
designereissanne
elative
designeristanne
designereistanne
illative
designeriinne
designereihinne
adessive
designerillanne
designereillanne
ablative
designeriltanne
designereiltanne
allative
designerillenne
designereillenne
essive
designerinanne
designereinanne
translative
designeriksenne
designereiksenne
abessive
designerittanne
designereittanne
instructive
comitative
—designereinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
designerinsa
designerinsa
accusative
nom.
designerinsa
designerinsa
gen.
designerinsa
genitive
designerinsa
designeriensa designereidensa designereittensa
partitive
designeriaan designeriansa
designereitaan designerejaan designereitansa designerejansa
inessive
designerissaan designerissansa
designereissaan designereissansa
elative
designeristaan designeristansa
designereistaan designereistansa
illative
designeriinsa
designereihinsa
adessive
designerillaan designerillansa
designereillaan designereillansa
ablative
designeriltaan designeriltansa
designereiltaan designereiltansa
allative
designerilleen designerillensa
designereilleen designereillensa
essive
designerinaan designerinansa
designereinaan designereinansa
translative
designerikseen designeriksensa
designereikseen designereiksensa
abessive
designerittaan designerittansa
designereittaan designereittansa
instructive
comitative
—designereineen designereinensa :

### Further reading

* “designer”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English designer.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.zaj.nœʁ/

#### Noun

designer m (plural designers)
* designer

### Etymology 2

From English design +‎ -er.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.zaj.ne/

#### Verb

designer
* to design

##### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “designer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* dénigres, dénigrés, geindres, gredines

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈzaj.ner/
* Rhymes: -ajner

### Noun

designer m or f by sense (invariable)
* designer (especially one who designs furniture or other industrial products)

### References

* ↑ designer in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Verb

dēsigner
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēsignō

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

designer
* present tense of designe

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* dizajner

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈzaj.nɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ajnɛr
* Syllabification: de‧sig‧ner
* Homophone: dizajner

### Noun

designer m pers (female equivalent designerka)
* (design) designer (person who designs usable objects)
    Hypernym: projektant

#### Derived terms

* designerski

#### Related terms

* design

### Further reading

* designer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* designer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈzaj.neʁ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈzaj.neʁ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /deˈzaj.neɾ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deˈzaj.neʁ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /deˈzaj.neɻ/ [deˈzaɪ̯.neɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨˈzaj.nɛɾ/
* Hyphenation: de‧sig‧ner

### Noun

designer m or f by sense (plural designers)
* designer (person who designs)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

### Noun

designer m (plural designeri)
* designer

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

designer
* indefinite plural of design

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English designer.

#### Noun

designer c
* a designer