-ator

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

English terms suffixed with -ator

• -atory

Related terms

• abbreviator
• abrogator
• administrator
• annihilator
• -ate
• -ation
• communicator
• corroborator
• curator
• decimator
• demonstrator
• devastator
• emancipator
• equivocator
• inaugurator
• incubator
• innovator
• interrogator
• orator
• procurator
• renovator
• respirator
• reverberator
• spectator
• ventilator
• vibrator

 

Further reading

• “-ator”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• aort-, oart, RATO, Taro, Roat, Rato, rato, rota, Rota, Orta, taro

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from Latin -ātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tɔr/

• Audio:

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Suffix

-ator

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

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -ator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tor/, [ˈäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tor/, [ˈäːt̪or]

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”) + ‎-ātor → ‎gladiātor (“gladiator”)

   ‎malleus (“hammer”) + ‎-ātor → ‎malleātor (“hammerer”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-ātor	-ātōrēs
Genitive	-ātōris	-ātōrum
Dative	-ātōrī	-ātōribus
Accusative	-ātōrem	-ātōrēs
Ablative	-ātōre	-ātōribus
Vocative	-ātor	-ātōrēs

Descendants

• → Old Irish: -atóir
  • Irish: -adóir
• → Norwegian: -ator

See also

• -or
• -tor (-sor)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of -ō (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

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ator

References

• “-ator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-ator” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ator m

1. used to form nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ator

References

• “-ator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-ator m pers

1. forms masculine agentitive nouns, usually professions

   ‎adiustacja + ‎-ator → ‎adiustator

Declension

	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

Declension of -ator

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ator

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.

See also

• -or