| Carpentier Family Name |
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| Pronunciation | Kar' pen ti ar |
| Meaning | worker or fixer of wood, builder of wood |
| Related names | Carpenter (surname), Zimmermann, Zimerman, Zimmerman, Charpentier |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with "Carpentier " |
Carpentier is a surname from the old French Charpentier and is similar to the English Carpenter.
Origin: [900-1000] Charpentier - Old French < Late Latin; carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin carpent(um) two wheeled carriage ( < Celt; cf. OIr carpad chariot) + arius - ARY; see ER2.[1]
Carpentier may refer to:
- Alain Carpentier (b. 1933) French heart surgeon
- Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980) Cuban writer and musicologist
- Édouard Carpentier (b. 1926) French professional wrestler
- Georges Carpentier (1894-1975) French boxer
- Horace Carpentier (1824-1918) lawyer and first mayor of Oakland, CA
- Jules Carpentier (1851-1921) French engineer and inventor
- Marcel Carpentier (1895-1977) French military officer
- Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier (1886-1965) French painter and sculptor
- Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier (Maritie - 1922-2002, Gilbert - 1920-2000) married French TV producers
- Nancy Carpentier Brown (b. 1961) author and blogger
- Patrick Carpentier (b. 1971) Canadian race car driver
- Pieter de Carpentier (1586 or 88-1659) Dutch or Flemish administrator of the Dutch East India Company
- Prudent Carpentier (b. 1922) Canadian politician
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References
- ^ Combined from several sources including: "Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary" 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books and "Concise Oxford Dictionary - 10th Edition by Oxford University Press.
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