baker

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baker^¹

/ˈbeɪ.kə/ UK
/ˈbeɪ.kɚ/ US
/ˈbe.kəɾ/ Scotland
/ˈbeː.kə/ Wales

Rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

noun bakers

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items. But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
Similar: baxter, dougher
A portable oven for baking.
An apple suitable for baking. Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.

Baker^²

/ˈbeɪkɚ/ US

noun

radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.
Similar: mul:Bravo

proper noun Backer

An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California.
A former unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
An unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida.
An unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Brown County, Kansas.
A city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clay County, Minnesota.
A small inactive village in Stoddard County, Missouri.
A city, the county seat of Fallon County, Montana.
A ghost town in Boyd County, Nebraska.
A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada.
An unincorporated community in Benson County, North Dakota.
An unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma.
An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bread maker, bakery, pieman, oven, chef, kiln, wand, copper, packer, mak, barker, noel, colonel, apprentice, bakar, beck

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noun person who bakes and sells bread, etc

Español	panadero, panadera
한국어	제빵사 jeppangsa, 빵집 주인 ppangjip ju'in
日本語	パン屋 pan'ya, パン屋さん pan'ya-san
中文	麵包師傅 /面包师傅 miànbāo shīfu
हिन्दी	नानबाई nānbāī, बेकर bekar, रोटी वाला roṭī vālā
Português	padeiro, pasteleiro
Français	boulanger, boulangère, pâtissier, pâtissière
Deutsch	Bäcker, Bäckerin
Italiano	panettiere, panettiera, fornaio, fornaia, panificatore, panificatrice
Ελληνικά	αρτοποιός artopoiós, φούρναρης foúrnaris, φουρνάρισσα fournárissa
Română	brutar, brutăreasă, pâinar
Русский	пе́карь pékarʹ, хлебопёк xlebopjók, бу́лочник búločnik, бу́лочница búločnica
Tiếng Việt	người thợ làm bánh mì, thợ làm bánh
العربية	خَبَّاز ḵabbāz, خَبَّازَة ḵabbāza, فَرَّان farrān, فَرَّانَة farrāna
עברית	אוֹפֶה ofé, אוֹפָה ofá

name Occupational surname

Español	Panadero
中文	貝克 /贝克 Bèikè
Português	Padeiro
Français	Boulanger
Deutsch	Bäcker, Becker, Beck
Italiano	Panettiere
Ελληνικά	Ψωμάς Psomás
Русский	Хле́бников Xlébnikov, Бейкер Bejker
العربية	الْخَبَّاز al-ḵabbāz

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@misc{baker_2026,
  title = {baker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}