US /pɹəˈdusɚ/ UK /pɹəˈdjuːsə/
noun Freq #3527

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person or company that makes goods or grows food to be sold.

    Brazil is one of the world's largest coffee producers.

  2. 2
    noun

    A person who organises and pays for the making of a film, show, or recording.

    The film's producer raised millions of dollars for the project.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person or company that... manufacturer
Word family
Forms producers
Derived forms autoproducercoproducerhyperproducermegaproducermultiproducernon-producernonproducerpreditorproduceorialproduceressproducerismproducerist

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English producer From produce + -er.

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