baker

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/ UK /ˈbeɪ.kə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #4026

Meanings

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noun
A person who makes and sells bread, cakes, and similar foods.

The baker takes the fresh bread out of the oven every morning.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who makes and... bread maker

Word family

Forms bakers

Derived forms baker'sbakerdombakeressbakerlessbakerlybakershipbakerycakebaker

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Be not a baker if your head be of butter

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

bakere Middle English bæcere Old English *bakārijaz Proto-Germanic

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# baker

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbeɪ.kə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 4026

## Meanings
1. A person who makes and sells bread, cakes, and similar foods.

## Examples
- The baker takes the fresh bread out of the oven every morning.

## Derived Forms
- baker's
- bakerdom
- bakeress
- bakerless
- bakerly
- bakership
- bakery
- cakebaker

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bakere
- Root: bæcere
- Root: *bakārijaz

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

## AI Etymology
Baker is inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

## Topics
- People & Society

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