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lumberjack en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈlʌm.bə.d͡ʒæk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.

Meanings

  1. A person whose work is to fell trees.
    • He's a lumberjack and he's OK / He sleeps all night and works all day / I cut down trees, I eat my lunch / I go to the lavatory 1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python:
  2. A lumberjacket.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lumberjacks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

lumbersexual · urban lumberjack · lumberjack shirt · lumberjack breakfast · lumberjacket · lumberjill

Synonyms

feller · logger · faller · woodcutter · lumberman

Translations (89)

wa boskiyon (person who fells trees) · ja(person who fells trees) · sk drevorubač (person who fells trees) · ru ва́льщик ле́са (person who fells trees) · pt lenhador (person who fells trees) · sq druvar (person who fells trees) · nl houthakker (person who fells trees) · sh дрво̀сјеча (person who fells trees) · ko 나무꾼 (person who fells trees) · ang wuduhēawere (person who fells trees) · cs dřevorubec (person who fells trees) · da skovhugger (person who fells trees) · gl leñador (person who fells trees) · tg ҳезум-бур (person who fells trees) · nb tømmerhugger (person who fells trees) · ota اوطونجی (person who fells trees) · ja 木こり (person who fells trees) · rup limnar (person who fells trees) · es leñador (person who fells trees) · wa abateu (person who fells trees) · hy ծառահատ (person who fells trees) · grc ξυλοκόπος (person who fells trees) · enm fellere (person who fells trees) · az odunçu (person who fells trees) · mk дрвар (person who fells trees) · az ağacqıran (person who fells trees) · bg дървосека́ч (person who fells trees) · be дрывасе́к (person who fells trees) · vec boschier (person who fells trees) · he חוֹטֵב עֵצִים (person who fells trees) · be лесару́б (person who fells trees) · hu favágó (person who fells trees) · kk отыншы (person who fells trees) · is skógarhöggsmaður (person who fells trees) · vec buschier (person who fells trees) · ga lománaí (person who fells trees) · as খৰিকটীয়া (person who fells trees) · sh drvòseča (person who fells trees) · es talador (person who fells trees) · bg дърва́р (person who fells trees) · el ξυλοκόπος (person who fells trees) · cy coedwigwr (person who fells trees) · lv kokcirtējs (person who fells trees) · tr oduncu (person who fells trees) · ca llenyataire (person who fells trees) · fa چوببر (person who fells trees) · pt madeireiro (person who fells trees) · kk ағаш кесуші (person who fells trees) · wa bokion (person who fells trees) · be драўні́к (person who fells trees) · hi लकड़हारा (person who fells trees) · it tagliaboschi (person who fells trees) · lt medkirtys (person who fells trees) · de Holzfällerin (person who fells trees) · eo arbohakisto (person who fells trees) · vi tiều phu (person who fells trees) · ru лесору́б (person who fells trees) · csb rãbca (person who fells trees) · ar حَطَّاب (person who fells trees) · sh дрво̀сеча (person who fells trees) · pl drwal (person who fells trees) · mr लाकूडतोड्या (person who fells trees) · ru дровосе́к (person who fells trees) · sl drvar (person who fells trees) · sh drvòsječa (person who fells trees) · tg ҳезумкаш (person who fells trees) · ro lemnar (person who fells trees) · ky отунчу (person who fells trees) · cy cymynwr coed (person who fells trees) · yi האָלצהעקער (person who fells trees) · hy փայտահատ (person who fells trees) · ka ტყისმჭრელი (person who fells trees) · tr ormancı (person who fells trees) · sv skogshuggare (person who fells trees) · uk дровору́б (person who fells trees) · uga 𐎃𐎉𐎁 (person who fells trees) · la lignātor (person who fells trees) · fi metsuri (person who fells trees) · fr bûcheron (person who fells trees) · it boscaiolo (person who fells trees) · uk лісору́б (person who fells trees) · hy անտառահատ (person who fells trees) · fo skóghøggari (person who fells trees) · gl fragueiro (person who fells trees) · tl magkakahoy (person who fells trees) · de Holzfäller (person who fells trees) · et puuraidur (person who fells trees) · mk дрвосечач (person who fells trees) · cmn 伐木工 (person who fells trees)

lumberjack en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈlʌm.bə.d͡ʒæk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
    • Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer. 2009 July 28, John Branch, “Going Way of Old Growth”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lumberjacks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lumberjacked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lumberjacked Tense=Past lexicographic
lumberjacking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

lumbermill