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joiner

/ˈdʒɔɪnə/JOY-nur
/ˈdʒɔɪnɚ/JOY-nur

Meaningone who joins

Common meaning: a woodworker who makes fittings

Journey through time

  1. Latiniungeresource
  2. Old Frenchjoindre‘to join’source
  3. Englishjoin‘to connect’
  4. Englishformed in English from joinjoiner‘a woodworker who makes fittings’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from join + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), JOIN, p.309 · scan

Source words

  • iungere Latin · source word “to join”

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