destructor
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
destructor (plural destructors)
- One who destructs.
- A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
- (object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.
Translations
one who destructs
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cleaning-up commands in object oriented programming
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See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctōrem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructors, feminine plural destructores)
Noun
destructor m (plural destructors)
- destroyer (someone who destroys)
- (computing) destructor
- destroyer warship
Related terms
Further reading
- “destructor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “destructor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “destructor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “destructor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːsˈtruːk.tor/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /desˈtruk.tor/,
Noun
dēstrūctor m (genitive dēstrūctōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēstrūctor | dēstrūctōrēs |
| genitive | dēstrūctōris | dēstrūctōrum |
| dative | dēstrūctōrī | dēstrūctōribus |
| accusative | dēstrūctōrem | dēstrūctōrēs |
| ablative | dēstrūctōre | dēstrūctōribus |
| vocative | dēstrūctor | dēstrūctōrēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: destructor
- French: destructeur
- → Romanian: destructor
- Italian: distruttore
- Portuguese: destrutor
- Spanish: destructor
References
- “destructor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- destructor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French destructeur.
Noun
destructor m (plural destructori)
Declension
Declension of destructor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) destructor | destructorul | (niște) destructori | destructorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) destructor | destructorului | (unor) destructori | destructorilor |
| vocative | destructorule | destructorilor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctor.
Pronunciation
Adjective
destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructores, feminine plural destructoras)
Noun
destructor m (plural destructores, feminine destructora, feminine plural destructoras)
Noun
destructor m (plural destructores)
- destroyer (warship)
Hypernyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “destructor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28