English [ edit ]
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Etymology [ edit ]
From seamster + -ess .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : ( traditional ) /ˈsɛm(p).stɹɪs/ , ( now more common ) /ˈsiːm(p).stɹɪs/
seamstress (plural seamstresses )
A woman who sews clothes professionally.
1846 , Nathaniel Hawthorne , “The Procession of Life”, in Mosses from an Old Manse :They are seamstresses , who have plied the daily and nightly needle in the service of master tailors and close-fisted contractors, until now it is almost time for each to hem the borders of her own shroud.
1992 , Robert Jordan , “Chapter 52: Need”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time ; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021 , →ISBN , page 862 :“If you have finished blathering about men, perhaps you won’t mind skipping over the new seamstress you’ve no doubt found?"
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Translations [ edit ]
a woman who sews clothes professionally
Arabic: خَيَّاطَة f ( ḵayyāṭa )
Azerbaijani: tikişçi
Belarusian: шва́чка f ( šváčka )
Bulgarian: шива́чка f ( šiváčka )
Catalan: cosidora (ca) f , costurera f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女 裁縫 / 女 裁缝 ( nǚcáifeng )
Czech: švadlena (cs) f , šička f
Danish: syerske (da) c
Dutch: naaister (nl) f
Esperanto: kudristino (eo)
Estonian: õmbleja
Finnish: ompelijatar (fi)
French: couturière (fr) f
Georgian: მკერავი ( mḳeravi ) , თერძი ( terʒi )
German: Näherin (de) f , Weißnäherin f
Hebrew: תּוֹפֶרֶת f ( tophérét )
Hungarian: varrónő (hu)
Irish: bean fuála f , maintín f
Italian: sarta (it) f , cucitrice f
Japanese: 針子 ( はりこ, hariko ) , 裁縫師 ( さいほうし, saihōshi )
Korean: 침모(針母) ( chimmo ) , 재봉사(裁縫師) (ko) ( jaebongsa )
Macedonian: шивачка f ( šivačka )
Maori: kaitui
Middle English: semestere
Norwegian:
Bokmål: syerske m or f , sydame m or f
Nynorsk: syerske f , sydame f
Old English: sēamestre f
Polish: szwaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: costureira (pt) f
Romanian: croitoreasă (ro) f , cusătoreasă (ro) f ( dated, rare ) , cuturieră f ( rare )
Russian: швея́ (ru) f ( švejá ) , белошве́йка (ru) f ( belošvéjka ) ( sewing linen )
Sardinian: cusidòra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шва̏ља f , кроја̀чица f
Roman: švȁlja (sh) f , krojàčica (sh) f
Slovak: šička f
Slovene: šivilja (sl) f
Spanish: costurera f
Swedish: sömmerska (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: шва́чка f ( šváčka ) , шва́ля f ( šválja )
Uzbek: tikuvchi (uz) ( any gender )
Volapük: nägan m or f , hinägan m , jinägan (vo) f
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