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Pronunciation
IPA|/�teɪl�/ (UK)
audio|en-us-tailor.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl�(r)|-eɪl�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
2. The fish Pomatomus saltatrix.

Translations
trans-top|person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing as profession
Arabic: ARchar|خ�اط|خ��اط (khayy�ṭ)
Bosnian: kroja� m, kroja�ica f
Catalan: sastre m :ca:sastre|^
Chinese: �� (cái feng)
Dutch: kleermaker m, kleermaakster f :nl:kleermaker|^
Finnish: räätäli, vaatturi
French: tailleur m
German: Schneider m :de:Schneider|(de), Schneiderin f
Hungarian: szabó
Italian: sarto
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Maltese: ħajjat m, ħajjata f
Portuguese: alfaiate m
Romanian: croitor m, croitoreas� f
Russian: по��ной (portnój) m, по��ни�а (portní�a) f
Scottish Gaelic: tàillear m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: к�о�а� m, к�о�а�и�а f
:Roman: kroja� m, kroja�ica f
Slovene: kroja� m
Spanish sastre m
Swedish: skräddare c :sv:skräddare|^
Telugu: దర��� (darjee)
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ttbc|Latvian: dr�bnieks
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Related terms
dressmaker
seamster

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To make, repair, or alter clothes.
2. transitive To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need, e.g. a narrowly tailored law.

Translations
trans-top|make, repair, or alter clothing
Bosnian: krojiti
Croatian: krojiti
Dutch: kleermaken
German: schneidern
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Romanian: croi
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: к�о�и�и
:Roman: krojiti
Slovene: krojiti
Spanish: confeccionar
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trans-top|restrict something to particular need
Bosnian: ukrojiti
Croatian: ukrojiti
Dutch: aanpassen
German: zuschneiden
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Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �к�о�и�и
:Roman: ukrojiti
Slovene: ukrojiti
Spanish: adaptar
Swedish: skrädarsy ^{:sv:skräddarsy|(sv)}
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References
Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.

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