tiler

English

Etymology

From Middle English tiler, tilar, tilere, tylere, tighelar, tyghelere, tygelere, probably from Old English *tiglere, *tigelere (“one who lays tile, tiler”), equivalent to tile +‎ -er.

Noun

tiler (plural tilers)

A person who sets tiles.
(freemasonry) A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons.

Translations

a person who sets tile

Chinese:
Mandarin: 瓦工 (zh) (wǎgōng)
Czech: dlaždič m, obkladač m
French: carreleur (fr) m
German: Fliesenleger (de) m
Greek: (colloquial) πλακάς (el) m (plakás)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: flislegger (no) m
Polish: płytkarz (pl) m, glazurnik m, kafelkarz m, terakociarz m
Romanian: țiglar (ro) m
Russian: пли́точник (ru) m (plítočnik)
Spanish: embaldosador m, solador (es) m

Anagrams

liter, litre, relit

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