-ator

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See also: ator, -atör, -átor, and -ător

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor or -ate + -or.

Suffix

-ator

  1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate

Derived terms

Further reading

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Danish

Alternative Forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor (-ator, -er), a form of -tor (-er), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Suffix

-ator c

  1. used to form agent nouns
    Coordinate term: -er

Derived terms

References

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from Latin -ātor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)

Suffix

-ator

  1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -eren

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    By rebracketing of words formed from first conjugation verbs, such as cūrātor (cūrāre + -tor), where -ā- is part of the stem.

    Suffix

    -ātor

    1. Enlarged form of -tor, used to form agent nouns; -ator, -er
      gladius (sword) + -ātorgladiātor (gladiator)
      malleus (hammer) + -ātormalleātor (hammerer)
    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    More information singular, plural ...
    singular plural
    nominative -ātor -ātōrēs
    genitive -ātōris -ātōrum
    dative -ātōrī -ātōribus
    accusative -ātōrem -ātōrēs
    ablative -ātōre -ātōribus
    vocative -ātor -ātōrēs
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    Descendants
    • Old Irish: -atóir
    • Norwegian: -ator

    See also

    Etymology 2

    Suffix

    -ātor

    1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of (first conjugation)

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin -ātor (-ator, -er), a form of -tor (-er), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

    Suffix

    -ator m

    1. used to form nouns

    Derived terms

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    Derived from Latin -ātor (-ator, -er).

    Suffix

    -ator m

    1. used to form nouns

    Derived terms

    References

    Polish

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin -ātor.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈa.tɔr/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -atɔr
      • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

      Suffix

      -ator m pers

      1. forms masculine agentitive nouns, usually professions
        adiustacja + -atoradiustator

      Declension

      More information singular, plural ...
      singular plural
      nominative -ator -atorzy/-atory (deprecative)
      genitive -atora -atorów
      dative -atorowi -atorom
      accusative -atora -atorów
      instrumental -atorem -atorami
      locative -atorze -atorach
      vocative -atorze -atorzy
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      Derived terms

      Further reading

      • -ator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

      Serbo-Croatian

      Suffix

      -ator (Cyrillic spelling -атор)

      1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin.

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