Meanings
nounstonemason (plural stonemasons)
plural stonemasons
- One who works in stone.
Three generations of stonemasons were responsible for the limestone houses and slate cottages of Tomintoul, the highest village in the Highlands.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 384
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*steyh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stóyh₂nos
- Proto-Germanic*stainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*stain
- Old Englishstān
- Middle Englishston
- Englishstone
- Englishmason
- Englishstonemason
Translations
Ancient Greek λιθουργός
- λιθουργός (lithourgós)one who works in stone
Catalan picapedrer, trencador
- picapedrerone who works in stone
- trencadorone who works in stone
Chinese Mandarin 石工
- 石工 (shígōng)one who works in stone
Czech kameník
- kameníkone who works in stone
Dutch steenhouwer
- steenhouwerone who works in stone
Finnish kivenhakkaaja
- kivenhakkaajaone who works in stone
French tailleur de pierre, tailleuse de pierre
- tailleur de pierreone who works in stone
- tailleuse de pierreone who works in stone
German Steinmetz, Steinmetzin
- Steinmetzone who works in stone
- Steinmetzinone who works in stone
- Steinhauerone who works in stone
Greek χτίστης
- χτίστης (chtístis)one who works in stone
Hungarian kőfaragó
- kőfaragóone who works in stone
Irish saor cloiche
- saor cloicheone who works in stone
Italian tagliapietre, muratore
- tagliapietreone who works in stone
- muratoreone who works in stone
- edileone who works in stone
- scalpellinoone who works in stone
Japanese 石工
- 石工 (ishiku)one who works in stone
Latvian akmeņkalis
- akmeņkalisone who works in stone
Polish kamieniarz, kamieniarka
- kamieniarzone who works in stone
- kamieniarkaone who works in stone
Portuguese canteiro
- canteiroone who works in stone
Romanian pietrar
- pietrarone who works in stone
Russian каменотёс, ка́менщик
- каменотёс (kamenotjós)one who works in stone
- ка́менщик (kámenščik)one who works in stone
Scottish Gaelic clachair
- clachairone who works in stone
Spanish cantero, mampostero
- canteroone who works in stone
- mamposteroone who works in stone
- mazoneroone who works in stone
Swedish stenhuggare
- stenhuggareone who works in stone
Turkish taşçı
- taşçıone who works in stone
Ukrainian каменя́р, каменотес
- каменя́р (kamenjár)one who works in stone
- каменотес (kamenotes)one who works in stone
- каменолом (kamenolom)one who works in stone
Cite this entry
APA
stonemason. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonemason
MLA
“stonemason.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonemason. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stonemason,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonemason.
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