"roofer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹuːfɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɹʊfɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɹuːfə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-roofer.wav [UK] Forms: roofers [plural]
Rhymes: -uːfə(ɹ), -ʊfə(ɹ) Etymology: roof + -er Etymology templates: {{suf|en|roof|er|id2=agent noun}} roof + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} roofer (plural roofers)
  1. A craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs. Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (craftsman who lays or repairs roofs): տանիքագործ (tanikʿagorc) (Armenian), toer [masculine] (Breton), pokrývač [masculine] (Czech), dakdekker [masculine] (Dutch), katontekijä (Finnish), kattomies (Finnish), couvreur [masculine] (French), Dachdecker [masculine] (German), Dachdeckerin [feminine] (German), по́кривач (pókrivač) [masculine] (Macedonian), taktekker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), taktekkar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dekarz [masculine] (Polish), telhador [masculine] (Portuguese), кро́вельщик (króvelʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), techador [masculine] (Spanish), techadora [feminine] (Spanish), rufero [masculine] (Spanish), takläggare [common-gender] (Swedish), çatı ustası (Turkish), nufitegan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), nufihitegan [masculine] (Volapük), nufijitegan [feminine] (Volapük), töwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-roofer-en-noun-NYu0eQgF Disambiguation of Occupations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'craftsman who lays or repairs roofs': 94 6
  2. A daredevil who performs stunts on tops of skyscrapers. Categories (topical): Occupations, Roofing Synonyms: rooftopper Translations (a daredevil who performs stunts on tops of skyscrapers): ру́фер (rúfer) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-roofer-en-noun-3bkEliqO Disambiguation of Occupations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Roofing: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 30 70 Disambiguation of 'a daredevil who performs stunts on tops of skyscrapers': 5 95

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nufihitegan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "craftsman who lays or repairs roofs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nufijitegan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "craftsman who lays or repairs roofs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "töwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rúfer",
      "sense": "a daredevil who performs stunts on tops of skyscrapers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ру́фер"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roofer"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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