Garreteer

/ɡɛrɪˈtɪr/ noun

Definition

A person who lives or works in a garret; especially a poor writer or artist living in an attic room.

Etymology

From garret + -eer (agent suffix meaning 'one who does or is associated with'). The suffix -eer was borrowed from French and Spanish to create occupational or situational terms.

Kelly Says

A garreteer was the romantic figure of Parisian bohemia—starving artists and writers living in attics, so associated with literary struggle that the word itself became poetry, a badge of artistic suffering.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
በተሰራ{}
beh-teh-seh-rah
ARالعربية
مُزَيِّن
mu-zay-yin
BNবাংলা
সজ্জাকার
soj-ja-ka-ar
CACatalà
decorador
deh-koh-rah-doh-r
CSČeština
dekorátor
deh-koh-rah-towr
DADansk
dekoratør
deh-koh-rah-towr
DEDeutsch
Dekorateur
deh-koh-rah-towr
ELΕλληνικά
διακοσμητής
dee-ah-kos-mee-tees
ESEspañol
decorador
deh-koh-rah-doh-r
FAفارسی
تزئین کننده
taze-een koneh
FISuomi
koristeltaja
koh-ri-stel-ta-ja
FRFrançais
décorateur
deh-koh-rah-tew-r
GUGU
સજ્જિત
sa-jj-it
HAHA
duba
doo-bah
HEעברית
מעצב
me-atzav
HIहिन्दी
सज्जक
sa-jj-jak
HUMagyar
díszítő
dees-z-ee-too
IDBahasa Indonesia
penata
peh-na-tah
IGIG
nwere
nwe-reh
ITItaliano
decoratore
deh-koh-rah-toh-reh
JA日本語
装飾者
so-shoku-sha
KKKK
裝飾
zha-shyk
KMKM
លាភ
la-ap
KO한국어
장식가
jang-sik-ga
MRMR
सज्जित
sa-jj-it
MSBahasa Melayu
penata
peh-na-tah
MYမြန်မာ
ဆင်ခြယ်
shin-khye
NLNederlands
decorateur
deh-koh-rah-towr
NONorsk
dekoratør
deh-koh-rah-towr
PAPA
ਸਜਾ
sa-ja
PLPolski
dekorator
deh-koh-rah-tor
PTPortuguês
decorador
deh-koh-rah-doh-r
RORomână
decoratator
deh-koh-rah-toh-rah-tor
RUРусский
декоратор
dek-oh-rah-tor
SVSvenska
dekoratör
deh-koh-rah-towr
SWKiswahili
mchezaji
m-cheh-za-jee
TAதமிழ்
அலங்காரக்காரர்
aalangara-ka-ka-rar
TEతెలుగు
సజ్జితం చేసేవాడు
sa-jj-i-tham che-se-va-du
THไทย
ช่างตกแต่ง
chaang-dtok-deng
TLTL
tagapa-pinasyal
tah-gah-pah-pee-na-syal
TRTürkçe
dekoratör
deh-koh-rah-towr
UKУкраїнська
декоратор
deh-koh-rah-tor
URاردو
سجّاد
sa-j-jad
VITiếng Việt
người trang trí
ngoo-ee trang-tri
YOYO
gbefun
gbeh-fun
ZH中文
装饰者
zhuang-shi-zhe
ZUZU
ngezwe
ngeh-zweh

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