desertor

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See also: desertør

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsertōrem, from Latin dēsertus.

Pronunciation

Noun

desertor m (plural desertors, feminine desertora)

  1. deserter

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

dēserō (to abandon) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

dēsertor m (genitive dēsertōris); third declension

  1. a deserter, one who abandons

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēsertor dēsertōrēs
genitive dēsertōris dēsertōrum
dative dēsertōrī dēsertōribus
accusative dēsertōrem dēsertōrēs
ablative dēsertōre dēsertōribus
vocative dēsertor dēsertōrēs

Descendants

  • French: déserteur
  • English: deserter

References

  • desertor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desertor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsertōrem, from Latin dēsertus.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

desertor m (plural desertores, feminine desertora, feminine plural desertoras)

  1. (military) deserter (person who leaves a military unit without permission)
  2. (figuratively) someone who abandons a cause

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desertorem, from Latin desertus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deseɾˈtoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧ser‧tor

Noun

desertor m (plural desertores, feminine desertora, feminine plural desertoras)

  1. deserter
    Synonyms: huido, tránsfuga, prófugo

Adjective

desertor (feminine desertora, masculine plural desertores, feminine plural desertoras)

  1. deserting
    • 2024 February 20, Patricia Ortega Dolz, Rafa Burgos, “Un hombre acribillado a balazos en Alicante, identificado como un piloto ruso que desertó a Ucrania”, in El País:
      Budánov también explicó entonces que la inteligencia militar ucrania había logrado sacar de Rusia a la familia del piloto desertor, como recoge la agencia Efe.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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