Meanings
nounmanufacturer (plural manufacturers)
plural manufacturers
- A person or company that manufactures.
The clothing manufacturer expanded overseas.
4 more examples
The manufacturer produces parts for the car industry.
Always return faulty goods to the manufacturer.
If consumers didn't like the bloatware that came with their phones, other manufacturers wouldn't include it, the bad actors would lose customers, and everyone would have to adjust.
2010 October 29, Nick Saint, “Opinion: Google Android is only 'open' if you're the phone company”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2019The family of 53-year-old Andre Mackneil, who was gunned down in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket after purchasing his 3-year-old son's birthday cake, may go after a major gun manufacturer.
2022 May 20, Jericka Duncan, “Family of Buffalo shooting victim may sue major gun manufacturer Remington”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna business engaged in manufacturing some product
Similar
makermanufacturing business
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans fabrikant
- fabrikanta person or company that manufactures
Arabic صَانِع, مُصَنِّع
- صَانِع (ṣāniʕ)a person or company that manufactures
- مُصَنِّع (muṣanniʕ)a person or company that manufactures
Bengali উত্পাদক, প্রস্তুতকারক
- উত্পাদক (utpadok)a person or company that manufactures
- প্রস্তুতকারক (prostutkarok)a person or company that manufactures
Bulgarian производи́тел, производи́телка
- производи́тел (proizvodítel)a person or company that manufactures
- производи́телка (proizvodítelka)a person or company that manufactures
Catalan fabricant
- fabricanta person or company that manufactures
Chinese Mandarin 製作者 /制作者, 製造者 /制造者
- 製作者 /制作者 (zhìzuòzhě)a person or company that manufactures
- 製造者 /制造者 (zhìzàozhě)a person or company that manufactures
Czech výrobce, výrobkyně
- výrobcea person or company that manufactures
- výrobkyněa person or company that manufactures
Danish fabrikant, producent
- fabrikanta person or company that manufactures
- producenta person or company that manufactures
Dutch fabrikant
- fabrikanta person or company that manufactures
Estonian tootja
- tootjaa person or company that manufactures
Finnish valmistaja
- valmistajaa person or company that manufactures
French fabricant, fabricante
- fabricanta person or company that manufactures
- fabricantea person or company that manufactures
German Hersteller, Herstellerin
- Herstellera person or company that manufactures
- Herstellerina person or company that manufactures
- Produzenta person or company that manufactures
- Produzentina person or company that manufactures
- Erzeugera person or company that manufactures
- Erzeugerina person or company that manufactures
Greek παραγωγός, κατασκευαστής
- παραγωγός (paragogós)a person or company that manufactures
- κατασκευαστής (kataskevastís)a person or company that manufactures
Hebrew יַצרָן
- יַצרָן (yatsrán)a person or company that manufactures
Hindi उत्पादक
- उत्पादक (utpādak)a person or company that manufactures
Hungarian gyártó
- gyártóa person or company that manufactures
Icelandic framleiðandi
- framleiðandia person or company that manufactures
Indonesian pabrikan
- pabrikana person or company that manufactures
Irish déantóir
- déantóira person or company that manufactures
Italian produttore
- produttorea person or company that manufactures
Japanese メーカー, 製造業者
- メーカー (mēkā)a person or company that manufactures
- 製造業者 (seizōgyōsha)a person or company that manufactures
- 生産者 (seisansha)a person or company that manufactures
Korean 제조자, 제작자
- 제조자 (jejoja)a person or company that manufactures
- 제작자 (jejakja)a person or company that manufactures
- 생산자 (saengsanja)a person or company that manufactures
Latvian ražotājs, ražotāja
- ražotājsa person or company that manufactures
- ražotājaa person or company that manufactures
Lithuanian gamintojas
- gamintojasa person or company that manufactures
Malay pengilang, pengeluar
- pengilanga person or company that manufactures
- pengeluara person or company that manufactures
Norwegian Bokmål fabrikant, produsent
- fabrikanta person or company that manufactures
- produsenta person or company that manufactures
Polish fabrykant, fabrykantka
- fabrykanta person or company that manufactures
- fabrykantkaa person or company that manufactures
- wytwórcaa person or company that manufactures
- producenta person or company that manufactures
- producentkaa person or company that manufactures
Portuguese fabricante
- fabricantea person or company that manufactures
Romanian fabricant, fabricantă
- fabricanta person or company that manufactures
- fabricantăa person or company that manufactures
- producătora person or company that manufactures
- producătoarea person or company that manufactures
Russian производи́тель, производи́тельница
- производи́тель (proizvodítelʹ)a person or company that manufactures
- производи́тельница (proizvodítelʹnica)a person or company that manufactures
Slovak výrobca, výrobkyňa
- výrobcaa person or company that manufactures
- výrobkyňaa person or company that manufactures
Spanish fabricante, fabriquero
- fabricantea person or company that manufactures
- fabriqueroa person or company that manufactures
- manufactureroa person or company that manufactures
Swedish tillverkare, fabrikant
- tillverkarea person or company that manufactures
- fabrikanta person or company that manufactures
Thai ผู้ผลิต
- ผู้ผลิต (pûu-pà-lìt)a person or company that manufactures
Turkish üretici
- üreticia person or company that manufactures
Ukrainian виробни́к, виробни́ця
- виробни́к (vyrobnýk)a person or company that manufactures
- виробни́ця (vyrobnýcja)a person or company that manufactures
Urdu صانِع
- صانِع (sāni')a person or company that manufactures
Vietnamese người sản xuất
- người sản xuấta person or company that manufactures
Yiddish פאַבריקאַנט
- פאַבריקאַנט (fabrikant)a person or company that manufactures
Cite this entry
APA
manufacturer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacturer
MLA
“manufacturer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacturer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manufacturer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacturer.
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