inventor

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See also: inventór

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

inventor (plural inventors)

  1. One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventōrem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

inventor (feminine inventora, masculine plural inventors, feminine plural inventores)

  1. inventive

Noun

inventor m (plural inventors, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventores)

  1. inventor

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inventor, inventōrem.

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

  1. inventor

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From inveniō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

inventor m (genitive inventōris, feminine inventrīx); third declension

  1. contriver, author, discoverer, inventor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative inventor inventōrēs
genitive inventōris inventōrum
dative inventōrī inventōribus
accusative inventōrem inventōrēs
ablative inventōre inventōribus
vocative inventor inventōrēs

Descendants

References

  • “inventor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inventor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "inventor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • inventor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a legislator: legum scriptor, conditor, inventor

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventōrem.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tor

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

  1. inventor (one who invents things)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inventeur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.venˈtor/
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  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tor

Noun

inventor m (plural inventori)

  1. (obsolete) synonym of inventator (“inventor”)

Declension

Declension of inventor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative inventor inventorul inventori inventorii
genitive-dative inventor inventorului inventori inventorilor
vocative inventorule inventorilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imbenˈtoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧ven‧tor

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora or inventriz, feminine plural inventoras or inventrices)

  1. inventor (one who invents things)

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