knitter

See also: Knitter

English

Etymology

From Middle English knytter, knettere, equivalent to knit +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪtɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

knitter (plural knitters)

1. A person or a machine that knits.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200:

     “Ave! Old knitter of black wool.

Synonyms

• knitster

Derived terms

• framework knitter
• yoghurt-knitter

 

Translations

one who knits

• Belarusian: вяза́льшчык m (vjazálʹščyk), вяза́льшчыца f (vjazálʹščyca)
• Bulgarian: плетач m (pletač)
• Finnish: neuloja (fi) (person who knits), neulomakone (machine that nits); sitoja (fi) (person or machine that ties); solmija (person or machine that knots)
• French: tricoteur (fr) m, tricoteuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მქსოველი (mksoveli), საქსოვი მანქანა (saksovi mankana)
• German: Stricker m, Strickerin f
• Italian: magliaia (it) f
• Lithuanian: mezgė́jas m, mezgė́ja f
• Romagnol: majêra f
• Russian: вяза́льщик (ru) m (vjazálʹščik), вяза́льщица (ru) f (vjazálʹščica)
• Ukrainian: в'яза́льник (uk) m (vʺjazálʹnyk), в'яза́льниця (uk) f (vʺjazálʹnycja)

Anagrams

• trinket

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

knitter

1. inflection of knittern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative