acceptor

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.

Pronunciation

Noun

acceptor (plural acceptors)

  1. One who accepts.
  2. (law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
  3. (chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
  4. (biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
  5. (physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
  6. (physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
  7. (computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.

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Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From accipiō +‎ -tor. Sense 3 reflects the meaning of accipiter, which had already been perceived as being related to accipere for a long time.

Noun

acceptor m (genitive acceptōris, feminine acceptrīx); third declension

  1. receiver
  2. approver
  3. (Late Latin) hawk
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative acceptor acceptōrēs
genitive acceptōris acceptōrum
dative acceptōrī acceptōribus
accusative acceptōrem acceptōrēs
ablative acceptōre acceptōribus
vocative acceptor acceptōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

acceptor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of acceptō

References

  • “acceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acceptor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • acceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • acceptor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French accepteur.

Adjective

acceptor m or n (feminine singular acceptoare, masculine plural acceptori, feminine and neuter plural acceptoare)

  1. accepting

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite acceptor acceptoare acceptori acceptoare
definite acceptorul acceptoarea acceptorii acceptoarele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite acceptor acceptoare acceptori acceptoare
definite acceptorului acceptoarei acceptorilor acceptoarelor

Noun

acceptor m (plural acceptori)

  1. acceptor

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative acceptor acceptorul acceptori acceptorii
genitive-dative acceptor acceptorului acceptori acceptorilor
vocative acceptorule acceptorilor
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