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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
absorbere + -ator, first part from Latin absorbēre (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“I suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”) and *-éyeti, from *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs). Last part frrom Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absɔrˈbɑːtʊr/, /apsɔrˈbɑːtʊr/
- Rhymes: -ʊr
- Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧bat‧or
Noun
absorbator m (definite singular absorbatoren, indefinite plural absorbatorer, definite plural absorbatorene)
- an absorber or absorbent (something which absorbs)
2012 August 30, e24.no:når strålingen treffer absorbatoren, varmes den opp og sender stråling ut igjen- when the radiation hits the absorber, it heats up and emits radiation again
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