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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
abduct + -or
Noun
abductor (plural abductors)
- One who abducts; a kidnapper.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
kidnapper
- Arabic: مُخْتَطِف m (muḵtaṭif)
- Belarusian: выкрада́льнік m (vykradálʹnik), выкрада́льніца f (vykradálʹnica)
- Bulgarian: похити́тел (bg) m (pohitítel), похити́телка f (pohitítelka)
- Catalan: raptor m, raptora f, segrestador m, segrestadora f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 拐子佬 (gwaai2 zi2 lou2)
- Mandarin: 誘拐者／诱拐者 (yòuguǎizhě), 綁架者／绑架者 (bǎngjiàzhě), 劫持者 (jiéchízhě)
- Czech: únosce m, únoskyně f
- Dutch: ontvoerder (nl) m, kidnapper (nl) m
- Estonian: inimröövija
- Finnish: sieppaaja (fi), kidnappaaja (fi), ihmisryöstäjä
- French: abducteur (fr) m, abducteuse f, ravisseur (fr) m, ravisseuse (fr) f
- German: Entführer (de) m, Entführerin (de) f
- Greek: απαγωγέας (el) m or f (apagogéas)
- Hungarian: emberrabló (hu), gyermekrabló (hu)
- Italian: rapitore (it) m, rapitrice (it) f
- Japanese: 誘拐犯 (ゆうかいはん, yūkaihan)
- Korean: 유괴범(誘拐犯) (ko) (yugoebeom), 납치범(拉致犯) (napchibeom), 랍치범(拉致犯) (rapchibeom) (North Korea)
- Latin: raptor m
- Macedonian: грабнувач m (grabnuvač), грабнувачка f (grabnuvačka), киднапе́р m (kidnapér), киднапе́рка f (kidnapérka)
- Malay: penculik
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kidnapper (no) m, barnerøver (child kidnapper), kidnapperske m or f (female)
- Polish: porywacz (pl) m, porywaczka f, uprowadziciel m, uprowadzicielka f
- Portuguese: raptor m, sequestrador (pt) m
- Romanian: răpitor (ro) m, răpitoare (ro) f
- Russian: похити́тель (ru) m (poxitítelʹ), похити́тельница (ru) f (poxitítelʹnica)
- Slovak: únosca m, únoskyňa f
- Slovene: ugrabitelj m, ugrabiteljica f
- Southern Altai: уурчы (uurčï)
- Spanish: raptor (es) m, secuestrador (es) m
- Swedish: kidnappare (sv) c
- Ukrainian: викрада́ч m (vykradáč), викрада́чка f (vykradáčka)
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Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.
Noun
abductor (plural abductors or abductores)
- (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
- the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.
Antonyms
Translations
muscle
- Bulgarian: абдуктор (bg) m (abduktor)
- Catalan: abductor m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 外展肌 (zh) (wàizhǎnjī)
- Dutch: abductor (nl) m, afvoerder (nl) m
- Esperanto: abduktoro, abdukcimuskolo, abdukcia muskolo
- Estonian: eemaldaja (et), abduktor (et), eemaldajalihas (et)
- Finnish: loitontajalihas (fi), abduktori (fi), loitontaja (fi)
- German: Abduktor (de) m
- Greek: απαγωγός μυς m (apagogós mys)
- Hungarian: távolító izom (hu)
- Icelandic: fráfærir
- Irish: matán abduchtach m
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: musculus abductor m, abductor m
- Lithuanian: atitraukiamasis raumuo m, abduktorius (lt) m
- Malay: abduktor
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: abduktor m
- Polish: abduktor (pl), mięsień odwodziciel m, odwodziciel (pl) m, mięsień odwodzący m
- Portuguese: abdutor m
- Romanian: mușchi abductor (ro)
- Russian: абду́ктор (ru) m (abdúktor), отводя́щая мы́шца f (otvodjáščaja mýšca)
- Spanish: abductor (es) m
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: abdüktör (tr)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abductor”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Latin
Etymology
From abdūcō (“I abduct”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
abductor m (genitive abductōris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) abductor
- Synonyms: plagiātor, plagiārius
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French abducteur.
Adjective
abductor m or n (feminine singular abductoare, masculine plural abductori, feminine and neuter plural abductoare)
- abductive
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abduɡˈtoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ab‧duc‧tor
Noun
abductor m (plural abductores)
- (anatomy) abductor
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading