C1verb · transitive · rare

carpenter

car·pen·ter

carpenter · carpenters · carpentered · carpentering

To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timberTo work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.

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UK/ˈkɑː.pən.tə/US/ˈkɑɹpəntɚ/

» Tom isn't a very good carpenter.

Tom ist kein sehr guter Zimmermann. — Felixjp

Tom ist kein sehr guter Tischler. — Felixjp

Том не дуже добрий тесляр. — deniko

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Meaning

1 senses

To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.
work as a carpenter

Examples

234 sentences

Tom isn't a very good carpenter.
Том не дуже добрий тесляр. — deniko
deTom ist kein sehr guter Zimmermann. — Felixjp
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Both Tom and Mary are carpenters.
І Том, І Мері — теслі. — deniko
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Tom and Mary are both carpenters.
І Том, І Мері — теслі. — deniko
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Mary is a daughter of a carpenter.
Мері - донька тесляра. — deniko
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Tom is a thirty-year-old carpenter.
Том — тридцятирічний тесляр. — oromashka
ruТом — тридцатилетний плотник. — odexed
deTom ist ein 30 Jahre alter Zimmermann. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Origin

From Middle English carpenter, from Anglo-Norman carpenter (compare Old French charpentier

From Middle English carpenter, from Anglo-Norman carpenter (compare Old French charpentier), from Late Latin carpentārius (“a carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“a wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from Latin carpentum (“a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart”), from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos (“chariot, war chariot”), probably related to Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”). Doublet of carpintero. More at car.

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Forms

carpenters, carpentering, carpentered, carpentered

Base form	carpenter · to carpenter
3rd person singular	carpenters
Present participle	carpentering
Past simple	carpentered
Past participle	carpentered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	carpenter
he, she, it	carpenters

Past simpleLesson

all persons

carpentered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have carpentered
he, she, it	has carpentered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will carpenter

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

is a carpenter
good carpenter
a good carpenter
as a carpenter
become a carpenter
very good carpenter
carpenter just like
pretty good carpenter
a carpenter just
hiring a carpenter
good carpenter that's
a carpenter for