propagator
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English
Etymology
Noun
propagator (plural propagators)
- A person who disseminates news or rumour
- A person who propagates plants
- A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
- (physics) A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle
Related terms
Translations
person who disseminates news or rumour
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person who propagates plants
container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
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physics: function
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Latin
Verb
prōpāgātor
References
- “propagator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propagator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propagator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prōpāgātor.
Pronunciation
Noun
propagator m pers (female equivalent propagatorka)
Declension
Declension of propagator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | propagator | propagatorzy/propagatory (deprecative) |
| genitive | propagatora | propagatorów |
| dative | propagatorowi | propagatorom |
| accusative | propagatora | propagatorów |
| instrumental | propagatorem | propagatorami |
| locative | propagatorze | propagatorach |
| vocative | propagatorze | propagatorzy |
Noun
propagator m inan
Declension
Declension of propagator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | propagator | propagatory |
| genitive | propagatora | propagatorów |
| dative | propagatorowi | propagatorom |
| accusative | propagator | propagatory |
| instrumental | propagatorem | propagatorami |
| locative | propagatorze | propagatorach |
| vocative | propagatorze | propagatory |
Further reading
- propagator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- propagator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French propagateur. By surface analysis, propaga + -tor.
Noun
propagator m (plural propagatori)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | propagator | propagatorul | propagatori | propagatorii | |
| genitive-dative | propagator | propagatorului | propagatori | propagatorilor | |
| vocative | propagatorule | propagatorilor | |||