owner

English

Etymology

From own +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊnɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊnə/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -əʊnə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: own‧er

Noun

owner (plural owners)

One who owns something.
The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 141:
  The marina was filled with yachts and powerboats, sleek multihulls fitted with the latest satellite-navigation gear that would steer the owners painlessly towards similar luxury berths at Portofino and Bandol.
- 2012, Sherri Lackey, The Vrykolakas Deviation, page 117:
  Sometimes the sound was close, as the owner of the voice was wandering just on the outside walls of his living quarters.
(nautical, slang) The captain of a ship.
(Philippines) Ellipsis of owner-type jeepney.

Synonyms

(one who owns): possessor, proprietor (of a business, etc)

Derived terms

Related terms

own

Descendants

→ Japanese: オーナー (ōnā)

Translations

one who owns

Afrikaans: eienaar
Albanian: pronar (sq) m
Arabic: مَالِك (ar) m (mālik), مَالِكَة f (mālika), صَاحِب m (ṣāḥib), صَاحِبَة f (ṣāḥiba)
Egyptian Arabic: صاحب m (ṣāḥib)
Armenian: տեր (hy) (ter)
Assamese: গিৰি (giri), মালিক (malik), গৰাকী (goraki)
Asturian: propietariu m, dueñu m
Azerbaijani: sahib (az), malik, yiyə (az)
Bashkir: хужа (xuja), эйә (eyə)
Belarusian: гаспада́р (be) m (haspadár), гаспада́рка (be) f (haspadárka), улада́льнік m (uladálʹnik), улада́льніца f (uladálʹnica), хадзя́ін m (xadzjáin), хадзя́йка f (xadzjájka)
Bengali: মালিক (bn) (malik), সাহেব (bn) (śaheb)
Bikol Central: kagsadiri (bcl)
Bulgarian: со́бственик (bg) m (sóbstvenik), со́бственичка f (sóbstvenička), притежа́тел (bg) m (pritežátel), притежа́телка f (pritežátelka), стопа́нин (bg) m (stopánin), стопа́нка (bg) f (stopánka), владе́тел (bg) m (vladétel), владе́телка f (vladételka)
Burmese: ပိုင်ရှင် (my) (puinghrang), အရှင် (my) (a.hrang)
Catalan: propietari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 所有者 (zh) (suǒyǒuzhē), 主人 (zh) (zhǔrén)
Chuvash: хуҫа (huś̬a)
Crimean Tatar: saip
Czech: majitel (cs) m, majitelka (cs) f, vlastník (cs) m, vlastnička f
Danish: ejer (da) c
Dutch: eigenaar (nl) m, eigenares (nl) n, bezitter (nl) m, bezitster (nl) f
Esperanto: proprietulo, posedanto
Estonian: omanik
Faroese: eigari m
Finnish: omistaja (fi)
French: propriétaire (fr) m or f
Friulian: paron m
Gagauz: saabi
Galician: propietario (gl) m, dono (gl) m
Georgian: მესაკუთრე (mesaḳutre), მფლობელი (mplobeli), პატრონი (ka) (ṗaṭroni), მეპატრონე (meṗaṭrone)
German: Inhaber (de) m, Besitzer (de) m, Besitzerin (de) f (informal), Eigentümer (de) m, Eigentümerin (de) f (only with complete in rem right)
Greek: ιδιοκτήτης (el) m (idioktítis), ιδιοκτήτρια (el) f (idioktítria)
Ancient: κτήτωρ m (ktḗtōr)
Hebrew: בַּעַל (he) m (bá'al), בַּעֲלָה f (ba'alá)
Hindi: मालिक (hi) m (mālik), यजमान (hi) m (yajmān), साहिब (hi) m (sāhib), साहब (hi) m (sāhab)
Hungarian: tulajdonos (hu)
Icelandic: eigandi (is) m
Indonesian: empunya (id), pemilik (id)
Irish: úinéir m
Italian: proprietario (it) m, proprietaria (it) f
Japanese: 持ち主 (ja) (もちぬし, mochinushi), 所有者 (ja) (しょゆうしゃ, shoyūsha), オーナー (ja) (ōnā), 主人 (ja) (しゅじん, shujin)
Kazakh: ие (ie), қожайын (qojaiyn)
Khiamniungan Naga: āpàu-ū
Khmer: ម្ចាស់ (km) (mcah)
Kikuyu: mwene class 1
Korean: 소유자(所有者) (ko) (soyuja), 주인(主人) (ko) (ju'in)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xwedî (ku), xwedan (ku), xudan (ku), sahib (ku)
Kyrgyz: ээси (ky) (eesi), кожоюн (ky) (kojoyun)
Lao: ເຈົ້າຂອງ (chao khǭng)
Latin: possessor, dominus (la)
Latvian: saimnieks m, saimniece f
Lithuanian: saviniñkas (lt) m
Low German:
German Low German: Egendömer m
Macedonian: сопственик m (sopstvenik), сопственичка f (sopstvenička), сопственица f (sopstvenica)
Malay: pemilik (ms), tuan (ms), punya
Malayalam: ഉടമ (ml) (uṭama)
Manx: shellooder m
Maori: rangatira (mi)
Marathi: मालक m (mālak), मालकीण f (mālkīṇ)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эзэн (mn) (ezen)

Mongolian: ᠡᠵᠡᠨ (eǰen)
Ngazidja Comorian: mwinyi
Norman: aûgni m, propriétaithe m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: eier (no) m

Nynorsk: eigar m
Occitan: proprietari (oc) m
Old Anatolian Turkish: مالك (mālik), ایه (eye), اسی (issi), صاحب (ṣāḥib)
Old English: āgend m
Ottoman Turkish: صاحب (sâhib)
Pashto: مالک m (mālik), صاحب (ps) m (sāhéb)
Persian: صاحب (fa) (sâheb), مالک (fa) (mâlek)
Plautdietsch: Ieejendeema m
Polish: właściciel (pl) m, właścicielka (pl) f
Portuguese: proprietário (pt) m, dono (pt) m
Romanian: proprietar (ro) m
Russian: владе́лец (ru) m (vladélec), владе́лица (ru) f (vladélica), со́бственник (ru) m (sóbstvennik), со́бственница (ru) f (sóbstvennica), хозя́ин (ru) m (xozjáin), хозя́йка (ru) f (xozjájka), обладатель (ru) m (obladatelʹ), обладательница (ru) f (obladatelʹnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вла̑снӣк m, вла̑сница f

Roman: vlȃsnīk (sh) m, vlȃsnica (sh) f
Skolt Sami: ho´zje´n
Slovak: majiteľ m, majiteľka f, vlastník m, vlastníčka f
Slovene: lastnik (sl) m, lastnica f
Southern Altai: ээ (ee)
Spanish: propietario (es) m, dueño (es) m, poseedor m
Swahili: mwenyewe (sw)
Swedish: ägare (sv) c
Tagalog: may-ari
Tajik: соҳиб (sohib), молик (molik), хӯҷаин (xüjayin)
Tatar: хуҗа (tt) (xuca)
Telugu: స్వంతదారు (svantadāru), యజమాని (te) (yajamāni)
Thai: เจ้าของ (th) (jâo-kɔ̌ɔng)
Turkish: sahip (tr), iye (tr), malik (tr), elmen
Turkmen: hojaýyn, eýe
Udmurt: кузё (kuźo)
Ukrainian: вла́сник (uk) m (vlásnyk), вла́сниця f (vlásnycja), хазя́їн m (xazjájin), хазя́йка f (xazjájka)
Unami: nihëlalat
Urdu: مالک m (mālik), صاحب m (sāhib)
Uyghur: ئىگە (ige), خوجايىن (xojayin), ساھىب (sahib)
Uzbek: xoʻjayin (uz), ega (uz), sohib (uz), molik (uz)
Vietnamese: chủ nhân (vi)
Welsh: perchennog (cy) m
White Hmong: tswv
Zazaki: wayır (diq) c, wahêr (diq), wêr c

Anagrams

Rowen, rewon, rowen, worne