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English

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

editor (plural editors)

  1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
  2. A copy editor.
  3. A person who edited a specific document.
    John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
  4. 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.
  5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
  6. (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.
  7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Derived terms

Translations

program for modifying text files

References

  1. ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/editor
  2. ^ “editor”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēditōrem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

editor (feminine editora, masculine plural editors, feminine plural editores)

  1. editing

Noun

editor m (plural editors, feminine editora)

  1. (graphic arts, publishing, computing) editor

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

editor m anim

  1. editor (person who edits, e.g. a magazine)
    Synonym: redaktor

Declension

Declension of editor (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative editor editoři
genitive editora editorů
dative editorovi, editoru editorům
accusative editora editory
vocative editore editoři
locative editorovi, editoru editorech
instrumental editorem editory

Noun

editor m inan

  1. editor (computer program for entering text)

Declension

Declension of editor (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative editor editory
genitive editoru editorů
dative editoru editorům
accusative editor editory
vocative editore editory
locative editoru editorech
instrumental editorem editory

Danish

Noun

editor c (singular definite editoren, plural indefinite editorer)

  1. editor

Declension

Declension of editor
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative editor editoren editorer editorerne
genitive editors editorens editorers editorernes

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English editor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: edi‧tor

Noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

  1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ēditor.

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

  1. editor

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Indonesian

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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

Noun

èditor (first-person possessive editorku, second-person possessive editormu, third-person possessive editornya)

  1. editor:
    1. a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
      Synonyms: pengedit, penyunting, redaktur
    2. (computing) a program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

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Latin

Etymology 1

From ēdō +‎ -tor.

Noun

ēditor m (genitive ēditōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) editor, publisher
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēditor ēditōrēs
Genitive ēditōris ēditōrum
Dative ēditōrī ēditōribus
Accusative ēditōrem ēditōrēs
Ablative ēditōre ēditōribus
Vocative ēditor ēditōrēs
Descendants
  • Catalan: editor
  • Galician: editor
  • Italian: editore
  • Portuguese: editor
  • Spanish: editor

Etymology 2

From edō (“I eat”).

Verb

editor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of edō

Etymology 3

From ēdō (“to give out”).

Verb

ēditor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēditor.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: e‧di‧tor

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

  1. editor (person who edits)
  2. publisher (person who publishes printed media)

Noun

editor m (plural editores)

  1. (computer software) editor (program for modifying files, especially text files)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éditeur.

Noun

editor m (plural editori)

  1. editor

Declension

Declension of editor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) editor editorul (niște) editori editorii
genitive/dative (unui) editor editorului (unor) editori editorilor
vocative editorule editorilor

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)

  1. editor

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