Kilo Lingo

painter

/ˈpeɪntə/

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Translation

A person who paints pictures, or who paints walls and houses as a job.

Word origin

From paint plus the ending -er, meaning one who paints.

Origin
Old French
Root
peint

Grammar

Gender
Pluralpainters

Examples

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"Painter" is a person who paints.

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"Painters" is the plural, meaning more than one painter.

pictures.

Here "painter" tells us what he does.

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This word is part of lesson 17.