Charpentier
Sign in to saveCharpentier () is the French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann"; in Dutch, "Timmerman".
Key facts
- Surname.name
- Charpentier
- Surname.pronunciation
- shar PAHN' t'yay
- Surname.meaning
- worker or fixer of wood, builder of wood
- Surname.variant
- Carpenter, Timmerman, Zimmermann, Zimmerman, Carpentier, Zimerman
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- carpenter
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- different from
- Charpentier
- language of work or name
- German
- native label
- Charpentier
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- C615
- Cologne phonetics
- 471627
- Caverphone
- KPNT11
- Commons category
- Charpentier (surname)
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Charpentier () is the French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann"; in Dutch, "Timmerman".
The origin of the name dates to 900–1000, when the Old French "Charpentier" derived from the Late Latin carpentarius artifex ("carpenter" or "wainwright"), equivalent to Latin carpent(um), meaning "two-wheeled carriage" (perhaps ultimately derived from Celtic—consider Old Irish carpad, "chariot"), suffixed with arius ("-ary"); see ER2.
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