-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

English terms suffixed with -ator

Related terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

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

Dutch terms suffixed with -ator

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”) + ‎-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
  • → Norwegian: -ator

See also

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ātor

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin -ator.

Suffix

-ator m

  1. used to form nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ator

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ator.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ator m pers

  1. forms masculine agentitive nouns, usually professions
    ‎adiustacja + ‎-ator → ‎adiustator

Declension

Declension of -ator
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

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

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