destructor

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word destructor. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word destructor, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say destructor in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word destructor you have here. The definition of the word destructor will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofdestructor, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From destruct +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

destructor (plural destructors)

  1. One who destructs.
  2. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
  3. (object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctōrem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructors, feminine plural destructores)

  1. destructive

Noun

destructor m (plural destructors)

  1. destroyer (someone who destroys)
  2. (computing) destructor
  3. destroyer warship

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

dēstrūctor m (genitive dēstrūctōris); third declension

  1. destroyer

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

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)

  1. destroyer

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative destructor destructorul destructori destructorii
genitive-dative destructor destructorului destructori destructorilor
vocative destructorule destructorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctor.

Pronunciation

Adjective

destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructores, feminine plural destructoras)

  1. destructive
  2. destroying

Noun

destructor m (plural destructores, feminine destructora, feminine plural destructoras)

  1. destructor

Noun

destructor m (plural destructores)

  1. destroyer (warship)

Hypernyms

Further reading