# baker
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbeɪ.kə(ɹ)/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

### Noun

baker (plural bakers)
* A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
** 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎:But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
* A portable oven for baking.
* An apple suitable for baking.
** 1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, page 129:Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* bakerdom
* bakeress
* baker foot
* bakerless
* bakerly
* baker's
* baker's ammonia
* baker's chocolate
* baker's dozen
* baker's half dozen
* bakership
* baker's itch
* baker's percentage
* baker's salt
* baker's yeast
* bakery
* cakebaker
* fly baker
* sergeant baker
* sugar baker

#### Translations

Afrikaans: bakker (af), bakster (female referent)
Albanian: furrxhi m, bukëpjekës (sq) m
Arabic: خَبَّاز m (ḵabbāz), خَبَّازَة f (ḵabbāza), فَرَّان m (farrān), فَرَّانَة f (farrāna)
Armenian: հացագործ (hy) (hacʻagorc)
Aromanian: furnãgi m, ciripar m
Asturian: panaderu m
Azerbaijani: çörəkçi, şatır (dated)
Basque: okin (eu)
Belarusian: пе́кар m (pjékar), пе́карка f (pjékarka)
Bengali: রূটিত্তয়ালা (ruṭittoẏala)
Breton: baraer (br) m
Bulgarian: пека́р m (pekár), пека́рка f (pekárka), хлеба́р m (hlebár), хлеба́рка (bg) f (hlebárka)
Burmese: ပေါင်မုန့်ဖုတ်သူ (paungmun.hputsu)
Catalan: forner (ca) m, flequer (ca) m
Chechen: кхаллардоттург (qallardotturg)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麵包師傅 / 面包师傅 (zh) (miànbāo shīfu)
Czech: pekař (cs) m, pekařka (cs) f
Danish: bager (da) c
Dutch: bakker (nl) m, bakster (nl) f
Egyptian: (rtḥtj)
Esperanto: panisto, panistino (female)
Estonian: pagar (et)
Faroese: bakari m
Finnish: leipuri (fi)
French: boulanger (fr) m, boulangère (fr) f
Galician: panadeiro (gl) m, panadeira f, forneiro m, forneira f
Gallo: boulangier m
Georgian: მცხობელი (ka) (mcxobeli), ხაბაზი (ka) (xabazi), მეთორნე (metorne), მეპურე (ka) (meṗure)
German: Bäcker (de) m, Bäckerin (de) f
Alemannic German: Beck m, Pfischter m (parts of Lucerne, Uri, Valais), Brootler m (Unterwalden)
Greek: αρτοποιός (el) m (artopoiós), φούρναρης (el) m (foúrnaris), φουρνάρισσα (el) f (fournárissa)
Ancient: ἀρτοποιός m (artopoiós)
Greenlandic: uuterisoq
Haitian Creole: boulanje
Hebrew: אוֹפֶה (he) m (ofé), אוֹפָה (he) f (ofá)
Hindi: नानबाई (hi) m or f (nānbāī), बेकर m (bekar), रोटी वाला m (roṭī vālā)
Hungarian: pék (hu)
Icelandic: bakari (is) m
Indonesian: tukang roti (id)
Irish: báicéir (ga) m
Italian: panettiere (it) m, panettiera f, fornaio (it) m, fornaia f, panificatore (it) m, panificatrice f
Japanese: パン屋 (ja) (パンや, pan'ya), パン屋さん (ぱんやさん, pan'ya-san)
Kazakh: наубайшы (naubaişy), нан пісіруші (nan pısıruşı)
Khiamniungan Naga: thāmtsâijàuhāi
Khmer: ជាងដុតនំ (ciəng dot num)
Korean: 제빵사 (jeppangsa), 빵집 주인 (ppangjip ju'in)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نانەوا (ckb) (nanewa), نانکار (nankar)
Northern Kurdish: nanpêj (ku)
Kyrgyz: наабайчы (ky) (naabaycı), бышкын (bışkın)
Latin: pī̆stor m, pī̆strīx f; pānifex m, pānifica f
Latvian: maiznieks m, maizniece f
Ligurian: fornâ m
Lithuanian: kepėjas m, kepė́ja f
Macedonian: пекар (mk) m (pekar), пекарка f (pekarka), фурнаџија m (furnadžija), фурнаџика f (furnadžika)
Malay: tukang roti, khabaz
Maltese: furnar m, furnara f
Manx: fuinneyder, ben uinnee f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: талхчин (mn) (talxčin)
Navajo: bááh ííłʼíní
Norman: boulandgi m
Northern Sami: láibu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: baker (no) m
Nynorsk: bakar (nn) m
Occitan: fornièr (oc) m
Old English: bæcere (ang) m
Ottoman Turkish: اكمكجی (ekmekci), فرونجی (furuncu, fırıncı)
Pashto: نانباى m (nānbāy), نانواى m (nānwāy)
Persian: نانوا (fa) (nânvâ), خباز (fa) (xabbâz)
Plautdietsch: Bakja m
Polish: piekarz (pl) m, piekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: padeiro (pt) m (bread), pasteleiro (pt) m (cakes)
Punjabi: ਨਾਨਬਾਈ m (nānbāī)
Romanian: brutar (ro) m, brutăreasă (ro) f, pâinar m (rare, dated)
Romansch: pasterner m, pasternera f, furner m, furnera f
Russian: пе́карь (ru) m (pékarʹ) (male or female), хлебопёк (ru) m (xlebopjók) (male or female), бу́лочник (ru) m (búločnik), бу́лочница (ru) f (búločnica)
Sardinian: furraju m, furraja f
Scottish Gaelic: fuineadair m, bèicear m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пе̏ка̄р m, пе̏карица f
Roman: pȅkār (sh) m, pȅkarica (sh) f
Sicilian: furnaru m
Slovak: pekár (sk) m, pekárka (sk) f
Slovene: pek (sl) m, pekovka f
Spanish: panadero (es) m, panadera (es) f
Swedish: bagare (sv)
Tagalog: panadero
Tajik: нонвой (nonvoy), нонпаз (nonpaz), хаббоз (xabboz)
Thai: คนทำขนมปัง (kon-tam-kà-nǒm-bpang)
Turkish: fırıncı (tr), ekmekçi (tr)
Turkmen: çörekçi
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎔𐎊 (ảpy)
Ukrainian: пе́кар (uk) m (pékar), пе́карка (uk) f (pékarka)
Urdu: نان بائی m or f (nān bāī)
Uyghur: ناۋاي (naway)
Uzbek: novvoy (uz)
Venetan: forner m, pistor (vec) m
Vietnamese: người thợ làm bánh mì
Vilamovian: bekier m, bekieryn m
Volapük: bakan (vo), hibakan (male), jibakan (female)
Walloon: boledjî (wa) m, boledjresse (wa) f
Welsh: pobydd
Yiddish: בעקער m (beker), בעקערין f (bekerin), בעקערקע f (bekerke) :

### See also

* baker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Abrek, Brake, barke, brake, break

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaː.kər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧ker
* Rhymes: -aːkər

### Etymology 1

Short for bakermoeder.

#### Noun

baker f (plural bakers, diminutive bakertje n)
* (historical) a midwife; one who helps women in childbirth with deliveries

##### Derived terms

* bakerhaai
* bakerpraat

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

baker
* inflection of bakeren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* brake

## Lacandon
### Noun

baker
* bone

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Danish bager, from Old Norse bakari, from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz.

#### Noun

baker m (definite singular bakeren, indefinite plural bakere, definite plural bakerne)
* a baker (person who bakes professionally)

##### Related terms

* bake
* bakeri

#### See also

* bakar (Nynorsk)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

baker m pl
* indefinite plural of bak

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

baker
* present tense of bake

### References

* “baker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* bakar

### Verb

baker
* present of baka
* present of bake

## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bàkar, from Ottoman Turkish باقیر (bakır), from Proto-Turkic *bakïr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bàːkər/

### Noun

bákər m inan
* copper (metal)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “baker”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025