imitator

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See also: Imitator

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French imitateur, derived from Latin imitātor, equivalent to imitate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

imitator (plural imitators)

  1. A person who imitates or apes another.
    Synonym: aper
    • 2021 October 22, Brian Lowry, “TV OT: The aliens are coming! The aliens are coming! Plus: ‘Curb’ and ‘Insecure’ return”, in CNN:
      Chalk it up to the government’s revelations in recent years about UFOs, or maybe just the pendulum swinging back, again, after “The X-Files” inspired a host of imitators in the 1990s.
    • 2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN:
      Other far-right sites would gravitate to Epik. Among the first to announce its migration in early 2019 was BitChute, a YouTube imitator that had been blocked by PayPal.

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Latin

Etymology

From imitor +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

imitātor m (genitive imitātōris); third declension

  1. imitator
  2. mimic

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative imitātor imitātōrēs
genitive imitātōris imitātōrum
dative imitātōrī imitātōribus
accusative imitātōrem imitātōrēs
ablative imitātōre imitātōribus
vocative imitātor imitātōrēs

Descendants

Verb

imitātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of imitor

References

  • imitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imitator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Latin imitator.

Noun

imitator m (definite singular imitatoren, indefinite plural imitatorer, definite plural imitatorene)

  1. an imitator

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin imitator.

Noun

imitator m (definite singular imitatoren, indefinite plural imitatorar, definite plural imitatorane)

  1. an imitator

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English imitator, French imitateur, German Imitator, ultimately from Latin imitātor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.miˈta.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: i‧mi‧ta‧tor

Noun

imitator m pers (female equivalent imitatorka, related adjective imitatorski)

  1. imitator, ape, copycat, mimic (person who imitates or apes another)
    Synonyms: naśladowca, naśladownik

Declension

Noun

imitator m inan

  1. simulator (machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes)
    Synonym: symulator

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
verbs

Further reading

  • imitator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • imitator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French imitateur. Equivalent to imita +‎ -tor.

Noun

imitator m (plural imitatori)

  1. copycat

Declension

Declension of imitator
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative imitator imitatorul imitatori imitatorii
genitive-dative imitator imitatorului imitatori imitatorilor
vocative imitatorule imitatorilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imǐtaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta‧tor

Noun

imìtātor m (Cyrillic spelling имѝта̄тор)

  1. imitator

Declension

Declension of imitator
singular plural
nominative imitator imitatori
genitive imitatora imitatora
dative imitatoru imitatorima
accusative imitatora imitatore
vocative imitatore imitatori
locative imitatoru imitatorima
instrumental imitatorom imitatorima