Meanings
plural tinsmiths
- A person who makes or repairs things with tin or similar alloys.
A little later this was replaced by a new-fangled naphtha lamp made by a local tinsmith which gave a better light but emitted an evil smell.
1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 231 more example
"Then bring them to me," she said. And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, "Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?"
1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishtin
- Proto-Germanic*smiþaz
- Proto-West Germanic*smiþ
- Old Englishsmiþ
- Middle Englishsmyth
- Englishsmith
- Englishtinsmith
Translations
Bulgarian калайджи́я
- калайджи́я (kalajdžíja)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
Catalan llauner
- llaunera person who makes or repairs things with tin
Chinese Mandarin 白鐵匠 /白铁匠, 錫匠 /锡匠
- 白鐵匠 /白铁匠 (bái tiějiang)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
- 錫匠 /锡匠 (xījiàng)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
Czech klempíř
- klempířa person who makes or repairs things with tin
Dutch tingieter
- tingietera person who makes or repairs things with tin
Esperanto ladisto
- ladistoa person who makes or repairs things with tin
Finnish tinaseppä
- tinaseppäa person who makes or repairs things with tin
French ferblantier, étameur
- ferblantiera person who makes or repairs things with tin
- étameura person who makes or repairs things with tin
- chaudronnier d'étaina person who makes or repairs things with tin
German Blechschmied, Blechschmiedin
- Blechschmieda person who makes or repairs things with tin
- Blechschmiedina person who makes or repairs things with tin
- Spenglera person who makes or repairs things with tin
- Spenglerina person who makes or repairs things with tin
- Klempnera person who makes or repairs things with tin
Hungarian bádogos, ónműves
- bádogosa person who makes or repairs things with tin
- ónművesa person who makes or repairs things with tin
- ónozóa person who makes or repairs things with tin
Indonesian pandai kaleng, tukang kaleng
- pandai kalenga person who makes or repairs things with tin
- tukang kalenga person who makes or repairs things with tin
Italian lattoniere
- lattonierea person who makes or repairs things with tin
Japanese ブリキ屋, 板金工
- ブリキ屋 (buriki-ya)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
- 板金工 (bankinkō)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
Korean 양철공
- 양철공 (yangcheolgong)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
Latin faber stannicus
- faber stannicusa person who makes or repairs things with tin
Lithuanian skardininkas
- skardininkasa person who makes or repairs things with tin
Persian رویگر
- رویگر (ruygar)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
Polish blacharz
- blacharza person who makes or repairs things with tin
Portuguese latoeiro, funileiro
- latoeiroa person who makes or repairs things with tin
- funileiroa person who makes or repairs things with tin
Romanian tinichigiu
- tinichigiua person who makes or repairs things with tin
Russian жестя́нщик, луди́льщик
- жестя́нщик (žestjánščik)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
- луди́льщик (ludílʹščik)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
Slovak klampiar
- klampiara person who makes or repairs things with tin
Spanish hojalatero, hojalatera
- hojalateroa person who makes or repairs things with tin
- hojalateraa person who makes or repairs things with tin
Swedish bleckslagare, plåtslagare
- bleckslagarea person who makes or repairs things with tin
- plåtslagarea person who makes or repairs things with tin
Turkish kalaycı
- kalaycıa person who makes or repairs things with tin
Vietnamese thợ thiếc
- thợ thiếca person who makes or repairs things with tin
Yiddish בלעכער
- בלעכער (blekher)a person who makes or repairs things with tin
Cite this entry
tinsmith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tinsmith
“tinsmith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tinsmith. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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