Afrikaans vervaardiger | ||
Albanian prodhuesi | ||
Amharic አምራች | ||
Arabic الصانع | ||
Armenian արտադրող | ||
Assamese প্ৰস্তুতকাৰক | ||
Aymara lurayirixa | ||
Azerbaijani istehsalçı | ||
Bambara fɛn dilannikɛla | ||
Basque fabrikatzailea | ||
Belarusian вытворца | ||
Bengali প্রস্তুতকারক | ||
Bhojpuri निर्माता के ह | ||
Bosnian proizvođač | ||
Bulgarian производител | ||
Catalan fabricant | ||
Cebuano tiggama | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 制造商 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 製造商 | ||
Corsican fabbricante | ||
Croatian proizvođač | ||
Czech výrobce | ||
Danish fabrikant | ||
Dhivehi އުފެއްދުންތެރިޔާ އެވެ | ||
Dogri निर्माता ने दी | ||
Dutch fabrikant | ||
English manufacturer | ||
Esperanto fabrikanto | ||
Estonian tootja | ||
Ewe amesi wɔe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tagagawa | ||
Finnish valmistaja | ||
French fabricant | ||
Frisian fabrikant | ||
Galician fabricante | ||
Georgian მწარმოებელი | ||
German hersteller | ||
Greek κατασκευαστής | ||
Guarani mba’e apoha | ||
Gujarati ઉત્પાદક | ||
Haitian Creole manifakti | ||
Hausa masana'anta | ||
Hawaiian mea hana | ||
Hebrew יַצרָן | ||
Hindi उत्पादक | ||
Hmong chaw tsim tshuaj paus | ||
Hungarian gyártó | ||
Icelandic framleiðanda | ||
Igbo emeputa | ||
Ilocano ti agpatpataud | ||
Indonesian pabrikan | ||
Irish monaróir | ||
Italian produttore | ||
Japanese メーカー | ||
Javanese pabrikan | ||
Kannada ತಯಾರಕ | ||
Kazakh өндіруші | ||
Khmer ក្រុមហ៊ុនផលិត | ||
Kinyarwanda uruganda | ||
Konkani निर्मातो | ||
Korean 제조업체 | ||
Krio di wan we mek am | ||
Kurdish çêker | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرهەمهێنەر | ||
Kyrgyz өндүрүүчү | ||
Lao ຜູ້ຜະລິດ | ||
Latin manufacturer | ||
Latvian ražotājs | ||
Lingala mosali ya biloko | ||
Lithuanian gamintojas | ||
Luganda omukozi w’ebintu | ||
Luxembourgish hiersteller | ||
Macedonian производителот | ||
Maithili निर्माता | ||
Malagasy mpanamboatra | ||
Malay pengilang | ||
Malayalam നിർമ്മാതാവ് | ||
Maltese manifattur | ||
Maori kaiwhakanao | ||
Marathi निर्माता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯦꯟꯌꯨꯐꯦꯀꯆꯔꯔ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo siamtu a ni | ||
Mongolian үйлдвэрлэгч | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထုတ်လုပ်သူ | ||
Nepali निर्माता | ||
Norwegian produsent | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wopanga | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନିର୍ମାତା | ||
Oromo oomishtoota | ||
Pashto جوړوونکی | ||
Persian شرکت تولید کننده | ||
Polish producent | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fabricante | ||
Punjabi ਨਿਰਮਾਤਾ | ||
Quechua ruwaq | ||
Romanian producător | ||
Russian производитель | ||
Samoan gaosi oloa | ||
Sanskrit निर्माता | ||
Scots Gaelic saothraiche | ||
Sepedi motšweletši | ||
Serbian произвођач | ||
Sesotho moetsi | ||
Shona mugadziri | ||
Sindhi ڪاريگر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නිෂ්පාදක | ||
Slovak výrobca | ||
Slovenian proizvajalca | ||
Somali soo saaraha | ||
Spanish fabricante | ||
Sundanese pabrikan | ||
Swahili mtengenezaji | ||
Swedish tillverkare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tagagawa | ||
Tajik истеҳсолкунанда | ||
Tamil உற்பத்தியாளர் | ||
Tatar җитештерүче | ||
Telugu తయారీదారు | ||
Thai ผู้ผลิต | ||
Tigrinya ኣፍራዪ ትካል ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga muendli wa swilo | ||
Turkish üretici firma | ||
Turkmen öndüriji | ||
Twi (Akan) nea ɔyɛe no | ||
Ukrainian виробник | ||
Urdu کارخانہ دار | ||
Uyghur ئىشلەپچىقارغۇچى | ||
Uzbek ishlab chiqaruvchi | ||
Vietnamese nhà chế tạo | ||
Welsh gwneuthurwr | ||
Xhosa umenzi | ||
Yiddish פאַבריקאַנט | ||
Yoruba olupese | ||
Zulu umkhiqizi |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "vervaardiger" is derived from the Dutch "vervaardiger", which originally meant "inventor" or "producer". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "prodhuesi" also means "producer" and is derived from the Latin "prodūcere", meaning "to lead forth." |
| Amharic | The word "አምራች" in Amharic is derived from the verb "አመረ" meaning "to make, do, produce". |
| Arabic | The word "الصانع" can also mean "craftsman" or "artisan" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "istehsalçı" can also mean "producer" or "supplier" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "fabrikatzailea" originates from the Latin word "fabrica", meaning "workshop" or "factory". |
| Belarusian | Белорусское слово «вытворца» («производитель») образовалось от слова «творить» и изначально означало не только производителя, но и вообще человека, активно преобразующего и творящего что-либо. |
| Bengali | প্রস্তুতকারক can also mean "one who prepares" and "one who makes ready". |
| Bosnian | The word "proizvođač" comes from the Slavic root "proizvoditi", which means "to produce" or "to create". |
| Bulgarian | The word "производител" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "произъволъ", meaning "will, desire, intention". In contemporary Bulgarian, it also means "author" or "creator". |
| Catalan | Fabrican't comes from Latin “fabrica”, meaning workshop or factory, and not from “fabricari”, to forge or invent, and it’s a synonym of “manufacturer” or “producer”. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "tiggama" originates from the Sanskrit word "tak?an" meaning "carpenter" or "artisan". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, the term "制造商" literally means "maker of things," emphasizing the role of a manufacturer in creating products. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「製造商」一詞源自「造」和「品」,意指製造商品的公司或個人。 |
| Corsican | Corsican fabricanti can also mean 'worker who operates a piece of woodworking machinery used for sawing.' |
| Croatian | The word "proizvođač" can also mean "producer" or "creator". |
| Czech | The word "výrobce" (manufacturer) also means "producer" or "creator" in Czech. |
| Danish | In Danish, "fabrikant" can also refer to a person who makes something by hand, such as a craftsman or artisan. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "fabrikant" can also refer to "a writer, maker or composer". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, the word "fabrikanto" can also mean "fabricator" or "builder" depending on the context. |
| Estonian | It was derived from the German word |
| Finnish | The word "valmistaja" is derived from the verb "valmistaa", meaning "to prepare" or "to make ready" |
| French | In the 15th century, the term « fabricant » could designate both the one producing something as well as the thing produced. |
| Frisian | The word "fabrikant" is derived from the Latin word "fabrica", meaning "workshop", and it has the same meaning in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, "fabricante" can also mean "blacksmith" or "craftsman". |
| Georgian | The suffix ელი in Georgian often denotes an agent. -წარ is also related to creation. |
| German | The word "Hersteller" is derived from the Middle High German word "herstellen" meaning "to produce" or "to make". |
| Greek | The word "κατασκευαστής" in Greek can also mean 'builder' or 'constructor'. |
| Gujarati | ઉત્પાદક can also mean 'a person who is responsible for producing something'. |
| Haitian Creole | In French, 'manufacture' can also refer to a factory or a product, while in Haitian Creole 'manifakti' exclusively means 'factory'. |
| Hausa | Masana'anta is also a Hausa name for a type of bee, particularly the stingless bee. |
| Hawaiian | Mea hana means "manufactured product," not "manufacturer". |
| Hebrew | The word "יַצרָן" (pronounced "yatzran") derives from the root יצר (pronounced "yatzur"), meaning "to create" or "to form." |
| Hindi | The first part of the Hindi word उत्पादक (manufacturer), "utpad," means "creation" or "production." |
| Hungarian | "Gyártó" can also be used for a |
| Icelandic | The word framleiðanda is derived from framleiða, which means to produce or create. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, 'emeputa' is also used to refer to 'the act of creating something' or 'the result of a creative process'. |
| Indonesian | The word Pabrik (factory) has the same root as Habra (plant) , which means a place where something is being made. |
| Irish | The word "monaróir" in Irish can also refer to a "mill" or a "grinder". |
| Italian | "Produttore" also means "producer", as in film production, in Italian. |
| Japanese | The word "メーカー" (maker) in Japanese can also refer to a creator, producer, or builder. |
| Javanese | Pabrik (Indonesian) is borrowed from pabrikan (Javanese) which literally means "the place where one makes something," from pabri (factory) + -an (place). |
| Kannada | The word "ತಯಾರಕ" (manufacturer) is also used to refer to a person or group of people who create or produce something. |
| Kazakh | The word "өндіруші" is derived from the verb "өндіру", which means "to produce" or "to create". |
| Korean | The term "제조업체" is a loanword from French "manufacture" (factory or manufacturing), ultimately derived from Latin "manufactura" (literally: handmade or worked by hand), and "facture" (making). |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word "өндүрүүчү" not only means "manufacturer" but also refers to "producer" or "creator." |
| Latin | The Latin 'manufacturer', originally applied to artisans, also referred to farmers, especially to wine and cheese producers. |
| Latvian | Latvian “ražotājs” is akin to English “rajah” and can also mean “prince”. |
| Lithuanian | The word "gamintojas" in Lithuanian is derived from the verb "gaminti," which means "to make" or "to produce." |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "производителот" is derived from the Slavic root "pro-" (meaning "forward" or "in front of") and "izvodit" (meaning "to lead out" or "to produce"). |
| Malagasy | The word "mpanamboatra" in Malagasy is derived from the root word "amboatra" meaning "to make". |
| Malay | The word 'pengilang' in Malay also means 'distraction' or 'entertainment'. |
| Maltese | The word 'manifattur' is derived from the Italian 'manifattura', which in turn comes from the Latin 'manus' (hand) and 'facere' (to make). |
| Maori | Kaiwhakanao's alternative meaning 'to put in order, arrange' relates to the concept of creating something new. |
| Marathi | The word 'निर्माता' in Marathi also means 'maker' or 'creator' in a general sense. |
| Mongolian | The word "үйлдвэрлэгч" can also be translated as "producer" or "maker" in English. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word 'manufacturer' in Burmese derives from a Pali word meaning 'to cause to arise'. |
| Nepali | The word 'निर्माता' can also mean 'creator', 'producer', or 'author' in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "produsent" can also refer to a media production company. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'wopanga' in Nyanja (Chichewa) has a broader meaning, encompassing both 'manufacturer' and 'creator'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "جوړوونکی" can also refer to an architect or a carpenter. |
| Persian | The word "شرکت تولید کننده" can also refer to a "producer" or someone who is involved in the process of creating something. |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "producent" also refers to the artistic director of a film or theatrical production. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "fabricante" is a cognate of the French word "fabricant" (manufacturer) and can also mean "maker" or "builder". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਨਿਰਮਾਤਾ" in Punjabi may also refer to a creator, or a person who brings something into existence. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "producător" can also mean "producer" in the sense of a person who makes something, such as a film or a piece of music. |
| Russian | Производитель can also have the alternate meaning of "producer" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The term 'gaosi oloa' also refers to an individual or organization engaged in the production of a product in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word 'saothraiche' is a cognate of the Irish 'saor' (artisan) and Welsh 'saer' (builder), suggesting a shared Celtic origin. |
| Serbian | The word "произвођач" can also refer to a device or machine used to create or manufacture goods. |
| Sesotho | The word "moetsi" in Sesotho originates from the verb "etsa" meaning "to make" and carries the idea of craftsmanship and skilled creation. |
| Shona | The word "mugadziri" can also refer to a creator or founder of something, such as a company or organization. |
| Sindhi | The word "ڪاريگر" is related to the Sanskrit word "karigar", meaning "artisan" or "craftsman." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In modern Sinhala usage, නිෂ්පාදක is more likely to mean 'producer' in the theatrical sense than 'manufacturer'. |
| Slovak | The word "výrobca" can also refer to a producer or maker of something. |
| Slovenian | Proizvajalca comes from the word 'proizvesti', meaning 'to produce'. |
| Somali | The Somali word "soo saaraha" can also refer to a producer or inventor. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "fabricante" also means "artisan" or "maker". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "pabrikan" can also mean "factory" or "industrial area". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "mtengenezaji" can also mean "creator" or "inventor". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "tillverkare" derives from the verb "tillverka", which means "to produce" or "to make". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'tagagawa' is derived from the root word 'gawa' ('to make, to create'), which suggests the idea of 'one who makes or creates'. |
| Tajik | The word 'истеҳсолкунанда' ('manufacturer') is derived from Persian, where it originally meant 'producer' or 'builder' |
| Tamil | உற்பத்தியாளர் can also refer to "producer" in the context of performing arts like music, theatre or dance. |
| Telugu | తయారీదారు (manufacturer) is derived from the French word 'manufacture', which means 'to work by hand' |
| Thai | The word "ผู้ผลิต" can also refer to a "producer" in the context of entertainment or media. |
| Turkish | The word "üretici firma" can also refer to a producing company in the context of a business organization. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word виробник has cognates with words for 'producer' and 'creator' in other Slavic languages. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "کارخانہ دار" can, depending on context, also mean "factory owner", "mill owner", or "industrialist" in English. |
| Uzbek | The word "ishlab chiqaruvchi" can also refer to a producer, vendor, or supplier. |
| Vietnamese | "Nhà chế tạo" literally means "maker of vehicles" in Vietnamese, alluding to how early manufacturers primarily produced vehicles. |
| Welsh | 'Gwneuthurwr' is also the term for a craftsman, maker, fabricator or creator. |
| Xhosa | The word 'umenzi' in Xhosa, meaning 'manufacturer', is derived from the verb 'ukwenza' ('to make'). |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאַבריקאַנט" (manufacturer) is derived from the German word "Fabrikant" and has the same meaning in both languages. |
| Yoruba | The word "olupese" in Yoruba can also refer to a "seller" or "trader". |
| Zulu | The word "umkhiqizi" also means "producer" or "creator" in the context of physical objects. |
| English | The word "manufacturer" derives from the late Latin "manufactus" (formed by "manu" hand + "facere" to make) meaning "made by hand", a sense that was lost by the 18th century. |