dressmaker
dressmaker · dressmakers
портниха
Damenschneiderin, Damenschneider
A person who makes tailor-made women's clothesA person who makes tailor-made women's clothes.
US/ˈdɹɛsˌmeɪkɚ/
» My great-grandmother was a dressmaker.
Моя прабабушка была портнихой.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who makes tailor-made women's clothes.
Damenschneider, Damenschneiderin
портни́хаportníxa, моди́сткаmodístka
a person who makes garments
Examples
10 sentencesMy great-grandmother was a dressmaker.
ruМоя прабабушка была портнихой. — odexed
She paid the dressmaker for her dress.
ruОна заплатила портнихе за платье. — amanshi
I'm a dressmaker.
Are you dressmakers?
The dressmaker took Mary's measurements.
ruПортниха сняла с Мэри мерку. — sharptoothed
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
person who makes women's clothes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who makes women's clothes:
Origin
From dress + maker.From dress + maker.
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Forms
plural: dressmakers| Singular | dressmaker |
|---|---|
| Plural | dressmakers |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a person who makes garments:garmentmakergarment-workergarment worker
Word family
1 related wordsDeriveddressmaker's ham