consumer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
ecology
economics
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der.
Proto-Italic *emō
Latin emō
Latin sūmō
Latin cōnsūmōder.
Old French consumerbor.
Middle English consumen
English consume
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English consumer
From consume + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: consumers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, consumes.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
pos: noun
examples: This new system favours the consumer over the producer.
Almost two-thirds of American consumers have at least one unspent gift card tucked away in a drawer, pocket, wallet or purse.
A second estimate of gross domestic product, released Thursday, showed that consumer spending was weaker in the first three months of the year than initially reported.
gloss: The consumer base of a product, service or business.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class.
gloss: An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
pos: noun
Related words: consumption
Derived words: anti-consumer
anticonsumer
business-to-business-to-consumer
business-to-consumer
consoomer
conspicuous consumer
consumer brand
consumer credit
consumerdom
consumer good
consumer-grade
consumerish
consumerism
consumerist
consumerization
consumerize
consumerlike
consumer price index
consumer research
consumer resistance
consumer rights
consumership
consumer society
consumer surplus
consumer unit
consumer whore
cyberconsumer
direct-to-consumer
end-consumer
end consumer
family and consumer science
macroconsumer
mesoconsumer
metaconsumer
microconsumer
multiconsumer
mystery consumer
nonconsumer
postconsumer
preconsumer
prosumer
secondary consumer
smoke consumer
transumer
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: konsumator
lang: Arabic
word: مُسْتَهْلِك
roman: mustahlik
lang: Arabic
word: مُسْتَنْفِد
roman: mustanfid
lang: Armenian
word: սպառող
roman: spaṙoġ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: istehlakçı
lang: Belarusian
word: спажыве́ц
roman: spažyvjéc
lang: Belarusian
word: спажыва́льнік
roman: spažyválʹnik
lang: Belarusian
word: спажыва́льніца
roman: spažyválʹnica
lang: Bengali
word: ভোক্তা
roman: bhōkta
lang: Bulgarian
word: потреби́тел
roman: potrebítel
lang: Bulgarian
word: потреби́телка
roman: potrebítelka
lang: Burmese
word: စားသုံးသူ
roman: ca:sum:su
lang: Catalan
word: consumidor
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 消費者 /消费者
roman: xiāofèizhě
lang: Czech
word: spotřebitel
lang: Czech
word: spotřebitelka
lang: Danish
word: forbruger
lang: Dutch
word: consument
lang: Dutch
word: verbruiker
lang: Estonian
word: tarbija
lang: Finnish
word: kuluttaja
lang: French
word: consommateur
lang: French
word: consommatrice
lang: Galician
word: consumidor
lang: Galician
word: consumidora
lang: Georgian
word: მომხმარებელი
roman: momxmarebeli
lang: German
word: Konsument
lang: German
word: Konsumentin
lang: German
word: Verbraucher
lang: German
word: Verbraucherin
lang: German
word: Endverbraucher
lang: German
word: Endverbraucherin
lang: Greek
word: καταναλωτής
roman: katanalotís
lang: Hebrew
word: צַרְכָן
roman: tsarkhán
lang: Hebrew
word: צרכנית
roman: tsarkhanít
lang: Hindi
word: उपभोक्ता
roman: upbhoktā
lang: Hindi
word: ग्राहक
roman: grāhak
lang: Hindi
word: भोक्ता
roman: bhoktā
lang: Hungarian
word: fogyasztó
lang: Italian
word: consumatore
lang: Italian
word: consumatrice
lang: Japanese
word: 消費者
roman: shōhisha
lang: Kazakh
word: тұтынушы
roman: tūtynuşy
lang: Khmer
word: អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់
roman: nĕək praə prah
lang: Korean
word: 소비자
roman: sobija
lang: Kyrgyz
word: керектөөчү
roman: kerektööcü
lang: Lao
word: ຜູ້ຊົມໃຊ້
roman: phū som sai
lang: Latvian
word: patērētājs
lang: Lithuanian
word: vartotojas
lang: Macedonian
word: потрошувач
roman: potrošuvač
lang: Macedonian
word: потрошувачка
roman: potrošuvačka
lang: Malayalam
word: ഉപഭോക്താവ്
roman: upabhōktāvŭ
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhakapau
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhakapeto
lang: Mongolian
word: хэрэглэгч
roman: xereglegč
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ
roman: kereɣleɣči
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: forbruker
lang: Persian
word: مصرف کننده
roman: masraf-e konande
lang: Polish
word: konsument
lang: Polish
word: konsumentka
lang: Portuguese
word: consumidor
lang: Romanian
word: consumator
lang: Romanian
word: consumatoare
lang: Russian
word: потреби́тель
roman: potrebítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: потреби́тельница
roman: potrebítelʹnica
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: caitheadair
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fear-caitheamh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: потро̀ша̄ч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: потроша̀чица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: potròšāč
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: potrošàčica
lang: Slovak
word: spotrebiteľ
lang: Slovak
word: spotrebiteľka
lang: Slovene
word: potrošnik
lang: Slovene
word: potrošnica
lang: Slovene
word: porabnik
lang: Slovene
word: porabnica
lang: Spanish
word: consumidor
lang: Swedish
word: konsument
lang: Swedish
word: förbrukare
lang: Tagalog
word: mananaid
lang: Tajik
word: истеъмолкунанда
roman: iste'molkunanda
lang: Tajik
word: харидор
roman: xaridor
lang: Tamil
word: நுகர்வோர்
roman: nukarvōr
lang: Tatar
word: кулланучы
roman: qullanuçı
lang: Thai
word: ผู้บริโภค
roman: pûu-bɔɔ-rí-pôok
lang: Turkish
word: tüketici
lang: Turkish
word: konsomatör
lang: Ukrainian
word: спожива́ч
roman: spožyváč
lang: Ukrainian
word: спожива́чка
roman: spožyváčka
lang: Uyghur
word: ئىستېمالچى
roman: istëmalchi
lang: Uzbek
word: isteʻmolchi
lang: Uzbek
word: xaridor
lang: Vietnamese
word: người tiêu dùng
lang: Vietnamese
word: người tiêu thụ
lang: Xibe
word: ᡫᠠᠶᠠᠪᡠᠰᡞ
roman: fayabusi
lang: Zhuang
word: bouxsiuhfei