producer
/pɹəˈdusɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
noun
One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
noun
An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English producer From produce + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹəˈdusɚ/
- British English: /pɹəˈdjuːsə/