tailor
/ˈteɪlɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
name
A surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.
Example Sentences
- "He works as a tailor on Swanston Street."
- "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."
- "We can tailor that jacket for you if you like."
- "The website was tailored to the client's needs."
- "[C]aregivers from diverse backgrounds may experience variations in the emergence of depressive symptoms, necessitating distinct strategies for support tailored to their individual needs."
- "a narrowly tailored law"
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin tālea Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin tāliō Old French taillierder. Old French tailleorder. Anglo-Norman taillourbor. Middle English taillour English tailor 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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: taillour, tailleor, tāliō, tālea
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈteɪlɚ/
- British English: /ˈteɪlə/