tailor

== English == === Alternative forms === tailour, taylor, taylour (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tāliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur. Compare typologically German Schneider (akin to English snithe); Macedonian кројач (krojač), Polish krawiec (akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlə/ Homophone: tailer Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ) === Noun === tailor (plural tailors) A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. Synonyms: needleworker, (rare) tailorer Hyponyms: dressmaker, seamer, seamster, seamstress, tailoress (Australia) Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Synonym: bluefish 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460) The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Esperanto: tajloro → Hausa: tēlà → Telugu: టైలరు (ṭailaru), టైలర్ (ṭailar) →⇒ Welsh: teiliwr (suffix replaced with -wr) → Yoruba: télọ̀ ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored) (ambitransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes. Synonym: fit (figurative, transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need. Synonyms: fit, shape (figurative, transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need. Synonym: shape ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Taylor === References === Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, →ISBN. === Anagrams === Liator, Rialto, Triola