interlocutor

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English

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/, /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/
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Etymology 1

The agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

Noun

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

  1. A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
    Synonyms: converser, conversant, conversationalist, partner, collocutor
    Coordinate terms: asker, answerer, correspondent, interviewer, interviewee, penpal
    • 1894, Calvin Thomas, “The Teacher's Outfit in German”, in The School Review, volume 2, number 7, page 406:
      Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
    • 2025 January 14, Howard LaFranchi, “In Biden-Trump handoff, a foreign policy shift for a changed world?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
      In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and impediments to be subdued.
  2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
    • 1991, Maureen Costonis, “Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress”, in American Music, volume 9, number 3, page 299:
      The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
  3. (law) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
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Etymology 2

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.

Noun

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

  1. (Scots law) A decree of a court.
    • 1869, “The Judicial System of Scotland”, in The American Law Register (1852-1891), volume 17, number 5, page 257:
      A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.
Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutors, feminine interlocutora)

  1. interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)

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Galician

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

  1. interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧lo‧cu‧tor

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

  1. interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French interlocuteur.

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutori)

  1. interlocutor

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative interlocutor interlocutorul interlocutori interlocutorii
genitive-dative interlocutor interlocutorului interlocutori interlocutorilor
vocative interlocutorule interlocutorilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inteɾlokuˈtoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧ter‧lo‧cu‧tor

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

  1. interlocutor
    • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 19:
      Los dos mentíamos y cada cual sabía que su interlocutor estaba mintiendo.
      We were both lying and each one of us knew that his interlocutor was lying.
  2. negotiator
    • 2009 June 10, “Gadafi levanta una tienda en Roma”, in BBC Mundo‎:
      Gadafi recibirá a sus interlocutores en una carpa de estilo beduino...
      Gaddafi will receive his negotiators with a Bedouin-style carpet...

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