producer

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UK/pɹəˈdjuːsə/UK/pɹəˈd͡ʒuːsə/Canada, US/pɹəˈdusɚ/Australia/pɹəˈdjʉːsə/

noun

An individual or organization that creates goods and services.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounproducer (plural producers)

plural producers

  1. economicsAn individual or organization that creates goods and services.

    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.

    2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
  2. One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
  3. biologyAn organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
  4. IrelandUKslangAn arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
  5. archaicA furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who manufactures something

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  9. Proto-Italic*doukō
  10. Latindūcō
  11. Latinprōdūcō
  12. Middle Englishproduce
  13. Englishproduce
  14. Englishproducer

From produce + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مُنْتِج, مُنْتِج
  • مُنْتِج (muntij)in economics
  • مُنْتِج (muntij)in arts
Bulgarian производи́тел, продуце́нт
  • производи́тел (proizvodítel)in economics
  • продуце́нт (producént)in arts
  • продуце́нтка (producéntka)in arts
Catalan productor, productora
  • productorin economics
  • productorain economics
  • productorin arts
  • productorain arts
Chinese Mandarin 製作者 /制作者, 監製 /监制
  • 製作者 /制作者 (zhìzuòzhě)in economics
  • 監製 /监制 (jiānzhì)in arts
  • 出品人 (chūpǐnrén)in arts
  • 製作人 /制作人 (zhìzuòrén)in arts
  • 製片 /制片 (zhìpiān)in arts
Czech výrobce, výrobkyně
  • výrobcein economics
  • výrobkyněin economics
  • producentin arts
  • producentkain arts
Danish producer
  • producerin arts
Dutch producent, vervaardiger
  • producentin economics
  • vervaardigerin economics
  • producentin biology
  • producentin arts
  • producerin arts
Esperanto reĝisoro
  • reĝisoroin arts
Estonian tootja, valmistaja
  • tootjain economics
  • valmistajain economics
  • produtsentin arts
  • tootjain arts
Finnish tuottaja, tuottaja
  • tuottajain economics
  • tuottajain biology
  • tuottajain arts
French producteur, productrice
  • producteurin economics
  • productricein economics
  • producteurin arts
  • productricein arts
German Hersteller, Herstellerin
  • Herstellerin economics
  • Herstellerinin economics
  • Produzentin arts
  • Produzentinin arts
Greek παραγωγός
  • παραγωγός (paragogós)in arts
Hebrew יַצְרָן, יַצְרָן
  • יַצְרָן (yatsrán)in economics
  • יַצְרָן (yatsrán)in biology
Hindi निर्माता, निर्मात्री
  • निर्माता (nirmātā)in arts
  • निर्मात्री (nirmātrī)in arts
Hungarian termelő, producer
  • termelőin economics
  • producerin arts
Icelandic framleiðandi, framleiðandi
  • framleiðandiin economics
  • framleiðandiin arts
Indonesian pembuat, penghasil
  • pembuatin economics
  • penghasilin economics
Irish táirgeoir, léiritheoir
  • táirgeoirin economics
  • léiritheoirin arts
Italian produttore, produttore
  • produttorein economics
  • produttorein arts
  • produttricein arts
Japanese 生産者, 製作者
  • 生産者 (seisansha)in economics
  • 製作者 (seisakusha)in economics
  • 製作者 (seisakusha)in arts
  • プロデューサー (purodyūsā)in arts
Korean 생산자, 제작자
  • 생산자 (saengsanja)in economics
  • 제작자 (jejakja)in economics
  • 생산자 (saengsanja)in biology
  • 프로듀서 (peurodyuseo)in arts
  • 제작자 (jejakja)in arts
Latvian ražotāja, ražotājs
  • ražotājain economics
  • ražotājsin economics
Malay penerbit, produser
  • penerbitin arts
  • produserin arts
Māori kaiwhakaputa, kaiwhakahua
  • kaiwhakaputain economics
  • kaiwhakahuain economics
  • kaiwhakatupuin economics
  • kaiwhakanaoin economics
  • pūkamein biology
  • kaihautūin arts
Norwegian Bokmål produsent
  • produsentin arts
Persian تهیهکننده
  • تهیهکننده (tahiyye-konande)in arts
Polish producent, wytwórca
  • producentin economics
  • wytwórcain economics
  • autotrofin biology
  • producentin arts
  • producentkain arts
Portuguese produtor, produtora
  • produtorin economics
  • produtorain economics
  • produtorin arts
  • produtorain arts
Romanian producător, producător
  • producătorin economics
  • producătorin arts
Russian производи́тель, производи́тельница
  • производи́тель (proizvodítelʹ)in economics
  • производи́тельница (proizvodítelʹnica)in economics
  • продю́сер (prodjúsɛr)in arts
Scottish Gaelic riochdaire
  • riochdairein arts
Slovak výrobca, výrobkyňa
  • výrobcain economics
  • výrobkyňain economics
  • producentin arts
  • producentkain arts
Spanish productor, productora
  • productorin economics
  • productorain economics
  • producidorin economics
  • productorin biology
  • producidorin biology
  • productorin arts
  • productorain arts
  • producidorin arts
Swedish producent, tillverkare
  • producentin economics
  • tillverkarein economics
  • producentin arts
Tagalog tagalalang
  • tagalalangin economics
Thai ผู้ผลิต, ผู้ผลิต
  • ผู้ผลิต (pûu-pà-lìt)in economics
  • ผู้ผลิต (pûu-pà-lìt)in biology
Turkish üretici, yapımcı
  • üreticiin economics
  • yapımcıin arts
  • prodüktörin arts
Ukrainian виробни́к, виробни́ця
  • виробни́к (vyrobnýk)in economics
  • виробни́ця (vyrobnýcja)in economics
  • продю́сер (prodjúser)in arts
Urdu پیش کار
  • پیش کار (peś-kār)in arts
Cite this entry
APA

producer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/producer

MLA

“producer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/producer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “producer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/producer.

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