English Explanatory Dictionary

producer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
  2. One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
  3. An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
  4. An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
  5. A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈdjuːsə/ /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːsə/ /pɹəˈdusɚ/ /pɹəˈdjʉːsə/ /pɹəˈd͡ʒʉːsə/ En-au-producer.ogg

Word forms

producer producers

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English producer From produce + -er.

Derived words

autoproducer coproducer executive producer hyperproducer megaproducer multiproducer non-producer nonproducer preditor primary producer produceorial produceress producer gas producer good producerism producerist producer milk producer-only market producer price index producership producer surplus producer tag prosumer record producer superproducer underproducer
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