English Explanatory Dictionary

baker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
  2. A portable oven for baking.
  3. An apple suitable for baking.
noun
  1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.
name
  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California.
  5. A former unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
  6. An unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida.
  7. An unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois.
  8. An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Indiana.
  9. An unincorporated community in Brown County, Kansas.
  10. A city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
  11. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clay County, Minnesota.
  12. A small inactive village in Stoddard County, Missouri.

Pronunciation

/ˈbeɪ.kə/ /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/ en-us-baker.ogg /ˈbe.kəɾ/ /ˈbeː.kə/ /ˈbeɪkɚ/

Word forms

baker bakers Backer

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”).

Synonyms

baxter dougher mul:Bravo

Derived words

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 Baker Act Baker City Baker County Baker day Bakerian Baker Island Bakerloo Baker-Nunn camera Bakers Bakers Creek Baker's cyst Bakersfield Bakerson Baker's paradox Bakers Swamp Baker Street

Translations

Arabic: الْخَبَّاز Bulgarian: Хлеба́ров Bulgarian: Бе́йкър Catalan: Forner Chinese Mandarin: 貝克 /贝克 Czech: Pekař Danish: Bager Dutch: Bakker French: Boulanger German: Bäcker German: Becker German: Beck Greek: Ψωμάς Hungarian: Pék Italian: Panettiere Polish: Piekarz Portuguese: Padeiro Russian: Хле́бников Russian: Бейкер Spanish: Panadero Swedish: Bager
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