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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ēditor , from Late Latin ēditor ,[ 1] from ēditus , perfect passive participle of ēdō ( “ give out, put forth, publish ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
editor (plural editors )
A person who edits or makes changes to documents .
A copy editor .
A person who edited a specific document.
John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
A person at a newspaper , publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish .
John is the city editor at the Daily Times .
A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
( computing ) A program for creating and making changes to files , especially text files .
Hyponym: text editor
The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor .
( television , cinematography ) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor .
Derived terms
Translations
person who edits
Arabic: مُحَرِّر m ( muḥarrir )
Armenian: խմբագիր (hy) ( xmbagir )
Bashkir: мөхәррир ( möxərrir )
Belarusian: рэда́ктар m ( redáktar ) , рэда́ктарка f ( redáktarka )
Bulgarian: реда́ктор m ( redáktor ) , реда́кторка f ( redáktorka )
Catalan: editor (ca) m , editora (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 編輯 / 编辑 (zh) ( biānjí )
Czech: redaktor (cs) m , redaktorka f
Dutch: redacteur (nl) m
Esperanto: redaktoro (eo) , redaktisto (eo)
Finnish: muokkaaja (fi)
French: rédacteur (fr) m
Galician: editor (gl) m
Georgian: რედაქტორი (ka) ( redakṭori )
German: Herausgeber (de) m , Editor (de) m , Redakteur (de) m , Schriftleiter m ( dated ) , Redaktor (de) m ( Swiss )
Greek: συντάκτης (el) m ( syntáktis )
Hebrew: עוֹרֵךְ m ( orékh )
Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu)
Ido: redaktanto (io) , redaktero (io) , redaktisto (io)
Indonesian: editor (id) , pengedit (id) , penyunting (id)
Irish: eagarthóir m
Italian: redattore (it)
Japanese: 編集者 (ja) ( へんしゅうしゃ, henshūsha )
Kazakh: редактор ( redaktor )
Korean: 편집인(編輯人) (ko) ( pyeonjibin ) , 편자(編者) ( pyeonja )
Kyrgyz: редактор ( redaktor )
Latin: editor (la)
Macedonian: реда́ктор m ( redáktor ) , реда́кторка f ( redáktorka )
Malay: penyunting , editor (ms) , pengedit
Maori: ētita , kaiētita (mi) , kaitakatā , ringa takatā
Marathi: संपादक (mr) m ( sampādak ) , संपादिका (mr) f ( sampādikā )
Nepali: सम्पादक ( sampādak )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: redaktør m
Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) ( virâyešgar ) , ویراستار (fa) ( virâstâr )
Polish: redaktor (pl) m , redaktorka (pl) f , edytor (pl) m , edytorka (pl) f
Portuguese: editor (pt) m , editora (pt) f
Romanian: editor (ro) m , editoare (ro) f , redactor (ro) m , redactoare (ro) f
Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m ( redáktor ) , редакторка (ru) f ( redaktorka )
Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh m or f , deasaiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀реднӣк m , рѐдактор m
Roman: ùrednīk (sh) m , rèdaktor (sh) m
Slovene: urednik (sl) m , urednica f
Spanish: editor (es) m , editora f
Swahili: mhariri (sw)
Swedish: redaktör (sv) c , redaktris c ( female )
Tajik: муҳаррир ( muharrir )
Tigrinya: ኣርታዒ ( ʾartaʿi )
Turkish: muharrir (tr)
Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m ( redáktor ) , реда́кторка f ( redáktorka )
Yiddish: רעדאַקטאָר m ( redaktor ) , רעדאַקטאָרין f ( redaktorin ) , רעדאַקטאָרשע f ( redaktorshe )
person who edited a specific document
newspaper editor
Albanian: redaktor (sq) m
Arabic: مُحَرِّر m ( muḥarrir ) , مُحَرِّرَة f ( muḥarrira )
Armenian: խմբագիր (hy) ( xmbagir )
Azerbaijani: redaktor (az)
Bashkir: мөхәррир ( möxərrir )
Belarusian: рэда́ктар m ( redáktar ) , рэда́ктарка f ( redáktarka )
Bengali: সম্পাদক (bn) ( śompadok )
Breton: embanner (br) m
Bulgarian: реда́ктор m ( redáktor ) , реда́кторка f ( redáktorka )
Burmese: အယ်ဒီတာ (my) ( aidita )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 編輯 / 编辑 (zh) ( biānjí )
Czech: redaktor (cs) m , redaktorka f
Danish: redaktør c
Dutch: redacteur (nl) m , krantenredacteur m
Estonian: toimetaja
Finnish: toimittaja (fi) , päätoimittaja (fi)
French: éditeur (fr) m , éditrice (fr) f
Georgian: რედაქტორი (ka) ( redakṭori )
German: Redakteur (de) m , Redakteurin (de) f
Greek: συντάκτης (el) m ( syntáktis )
Hindi: संपादक (hi) m ( sampādak ) , एडिटर (hi) m ( eḍiṭar )
Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu)
Icelandic: ritstjóri (is) m
Indonesian: editor (id) , penyunting (id)
Irish: eagarthóir m
Italian: curatore (it) m , curatrice (it) f , redattore (it) m , redattrice f
Japanese: 編集者 (ja) ( へんしゅうしゃ, henshūsha )
Kazakh: редактор ( redaktor )
Khmer: បណ្ណាធិការ (km) ( pannaathikaa )
Korean: 편집자(編輯者) (ko) ( pyeonjipja )
Kyrgyz: редактор ( redaktor )
Lao: ບັນນາທິການ ( ban nā thi kān )
Latvian: redaktors m
Lithuanian: redaktorius m
Macedonian: реда́ктор m ( redáktor ) , реда́кторка f ( redáktorka )
Malay: penyunting , editor (ms) , pengedit
Marathi: संपादक m ( sampādak ) , संपादिका f ( sampādikā )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: redaktør m
Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) ( virâyešgar )
Polish: redaktor (pl) m , redaktorka (pl) f
Portuguese: jornalista (pt) m or f
Romanian: editor (ro) m , redactor (ro) m
Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m ( redáktor )
Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche m , neach-deasachaidh m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀реднӣк m , у̀редница f
Roman: ùrednīk (sh) m , ùrednica (sh) f
Slovak: redaktor m , redaktorka f
Slovene: redaktor m , redaktorica f , urednik (sl) m , urednica f
Spanish: director (es) m , directora (es) f , redactor (es) m , redactora f
Swahili: mhariri (sw)
Swedish: redaktör (sv) c
Tajik: муҳаррир ( muharrir )
Thai: บรรณาธิการ ( ban-naa-tí-gaan )
Turkish: editör (tr)
Turkmen: redaktor
Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m ( redáktor ) , реда́кторка f ( redáktorka )
Uzbek: muharrir (uz) , redaktor (uz)
program for modifying text files
Arabic: مُحَرِّر m ( muḥarrir )
Belarusian: рэда́ктар m ( redáktar )
Bengali: সম্পাদক (bn) ( śompadok )
Bulgarian: реда́ктор m ( redáktor )
Burmese: အယ်ဒီတာ (my) ( aidita )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 編輯器 / 编辑器 (zh) ( biānjíqì )
Czech: editor (cs) m
Danish: editor c
Dutch: editor (nl) m , tekstverwerker (nl) m
Finnish: editori (fi)
French: éditeur (fr) m
German: Editor (de) m , Texteditor (de) m
Hindi: संपादक (hi) m ( sampādak ) , एडिटर (hi) m ( eḍiṭar )
Icelandic: ritill (is) m , textaritill m
Indonesian: editor (id)
Irish: eagarthóir m
Italian: editore (it)
Japanese: エディタ ( edita ) , 編集機 ( へんしゅうき, henshūki )
Korean: 편집기(編輯機) ( pyeonjipgi ) , 에디터 ( editeo )
Latvian: redaktors m
Malay: penyunting , editor (ms) , pengedit
Maori: pūwhakatika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: editor m
Persian: ویرایار
Polish: edytor (pl) m , edytor tekstu (pl) m
Portuguese: editor (pt) m
Romanian: editor (ro) n
Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m ( redáktor )
Slovak: editor (sk) m
Spanish: editor (es) m
Swahili: mhariri (sw)
Swedish: redigerare (sv) c , texteditor (sv) c , editor (sv) c
Tigrinya: ዓራያይ ( ʿarayay )
Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m ( redáktor )
References
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēditōrem .
Pronunciation
Adjective
editor (feminine editora , masculine plural editors , feminine plural editores )
editing
Noun
editor m (plural editors , feminine editora )
( graphic arts, publishing , computing ) editor
Further reading
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
editor m anim
editor ( person who edits, e.g. a magazine )
Synonym: redaktor
Declension
Declension of editor (hard masculine animate )
Noun
editor m inan
editor ( computer program for entering text )
Declension
Declension of editor (hard masculine inanimate )
Danish
Noun
editor c (singular definite editoren , plural indefinite editorer )
editor
Declension
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English editor .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɛdɪtɔr/
Hyphenation: edi‧tor
Noun
editor m (plural editors , diminutive editortje n )
editor ( computer program to edit text documents )
Galician
Etymology
From Latin ēditor .
Noun
editor m (plural editores , feminine editora , feminine plural editoras )
editor
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
From English editor , from Medieval Latin ēditor , from Late Latin ēditor , from ēditus , perfect passive participle of ēdō ( “ give out, put forth, publish ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɛditɔr/
Hyphenation: èdi‧tor
Rhymes: -ɔr
Noun
èditor (first-person possessive editorku , second-person possessive editormu , third-person possessive editornya )
editor :
a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
Synonyms: pengedit , penyunting , redaktur
( computing ) a program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
Derived terms
Further reading
Latin
Etymology 1
From ēdō + -tor .
Noun
ēditor m (genitive ēditōris ) ; third declension
( Late Latin ) editor , publisher
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
From edō ( “ I eat ” ) .
Verb
editor
second / third-person singular future passive imperative of edō
Etymology 3
From ēdō ( “ to give out ” ) .
Verb
ēditor
second / third-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēditor .
Pronunciation
Noun
editor m (plural editores , feminine editora , feminine plural editoras )
editor ( person who edits )
publisher ( person who publishes printed media )
Noun
editor m (plural editores )
( computer software ) editor ( program for modifying files, especially text files )
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French éditeur .
Noun
editor m (plural editori )
editor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ēditor .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ediˈtoɾ/
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: e‧di‧tor
Noun
editor m (plural editores , feminine editora , feminine plural editoras )
editor
Derived terms
Further reading