plumber

plumb·er  (plmr)

n.

1. One that installs and repairs pipes and plumbing.

2. Slang An employee assigned to investigate and stop leaks of sensitive information.

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[Middle English plummer, from Old French plomier, from Latin plumbrius, lead worker, from Latin plumbum, lead.]

Word History: A plumber works with water pipes, once made from lead, with lead solder for the joints. The Romans used lead pipes, and the word plumber comes from the Latin word for lead, plumbum. There is no Latin, or even Indo-European, etymology for plumbum but it bears a distant similarity to the Greek word for lead, the standard form of which, molubdos, gives us the name of another element in the Periodic Table, molybdenum. Two non-standard forms, molibos and especially bolimos, are even more similar to the Latin.

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plumber [ˈplʌmə]

n

(Business / Commerce) a person who installs and repairs pipes, fixtures, etc., for water, drainage, and gas

[from Old French plommier worker in lead, from Late Latin plumbārius, from Latin plumbum lead]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

plumber - a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances pipe fitter artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

Translations

plumber [ˈplʌməʳ]

A. N → fontanero/a m/f, plomero/a m/f (LAm), gasfitero/a m/f (Chile)

B. CPD plumber's helper (US) plumber's mate (Brit) N (= tool) → desatascador m de fregaderos; (= assistant) → ayudante mf or aprendiz mf de fontanero

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plumber [ˈplʌmə^r] n → plombier m
He's a plumber → Il est plombier.

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plumber

n → Installateur(in) m(f), → Klempner(in) m(f)

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plumber [ˈplʌməʳ] n → idraulico

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plumber [ˈplʌməʳ] n → idraulico

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plumber

n plumber [ˈplamə]

a person who fits and mends domestic water, gas and sewage pipes Send for a plumber – we have a leaking pipe. loodgieter عامِل تَركيب الأنابيب водопроводчик instalatér blikkenslager; vvs-mand der/die Klempner(in) υδραυλικός fontanero torulukksepp لوله کش putkimies plombier/-ière שְׁרַברָב नलसाज uvoditelj vodovoda víz- és gázszerelő tukang ledeng pípulagningamaður idraulico 配管工 배관공 santechnikas santehniķis tukang paip loodgieter rørlegger hydraulik canalizador instalator водопроводчик inštalatér inštalater vodoinstalater rörmokare ช่างประปา su tesisatçısı 管子工 водопровідник نلوں کي مرمت کرنے والا thợ ống nước 管子工

n plumbing

1 the system of pipes, drains and toilets in a building etc We shall have to have the plumbing repaired. loodgietery سِباكَة المَواسير водопровод potrubí sanitære installationer die Rohrleitung υδραυλική εγκατάσταση, σωληνώσεις fontanería veevärk لوله کشی putkisto plomberie צָנֶרֶת नलसाजी limarija,vodovodne instalacije csővezeték jaringan pipa pípulagnir/-lögn impianto idraulico 配管 배관 vandentiekio vamzdynas cauruļvadi; kanalizācija sistem paip sanitaire inrichting røranlegg instalacja wodno-kanalizacyjna canalização ţevărie водопровод vodoinštalácia inštalacija vodovodne instalacije rörsystem ระบบท่อประปา su tesisatı 管道 водопровід ناليوں کا نظام hệ thống ống nước 管道

2 the fitting and repairing etc of pipes. loodgietwerk تَصليح الأنابيب занаят на водопроводчик instalatérství blikkenslagerarbejde; vvs-arbejde die Klempnerarbeit υδραυλικές εργασίες fontanería torulukksepatöö نصب و تعمیر سیستم لوله کشی putkityöt plomberie שְׁרַברָבוּת पाइप की फिटिंग और मरम्मत odvodne cijevi víz- és gázszerelés pemasangan pipa pípulagningar (lavoro di idraulico) 配管工事 배관 공사 santechnikos darbai santehniķa darbs kerja memasang paip loodgieterswerk rørleggerarbeid instalatorstwo wodno-kanalizacyjne canalização repa­ra­rea unor instalaţii sanitare водопроводное дело inštalatérstvo inštalaterstvo opravka vodovodnih cevi rörmokeri การซ่อมท่อประปา su tesisatçılığı 管道裝修 водопровідна справа نلوں کي مرمت sự sửa ống nước 管道装修

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plumber → سباك instalatér blikkenslager Klempner υδραυλικός fontanero, plomero putkiasentaja plombier vodoinstalater idraulico 配管工 배관공 loodgieter rørlegger hydraulik canalizador, encanador водопроводчик rörmokare ช่างประปา muslukçu thợ ống nước 管道工