raptor

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English raptour, from Latin raptor (“kidnapper, thief”).

Alternative forms

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. A bird of prey.
  2. (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
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Translations
bird of prey — see bird of prey

Etymology 2

Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor, ultimately of the same etymology as above.

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.
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Further reading

  • “raptor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension

  1. A thief, robber, plunderer.
  2. An abductor, kidnapper.
    Synonym: rapīnātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative raptor raptōrēs
Genitive raptōris raptōrum
Dative raptōrī raptōribus
Accusative raptōrem raptōrēs
Ablative raptōre raptōribus
Vocative raptor raptōrēs

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Descendants

  • → Catalan: raptor
  • → English: raptor
  • → Portuguese: raptor
  • → Spanish: raptor

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: rap‧tor

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin raptor.

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

  1. abductor; kidnapper
    Synonym: sequestrador
  2. bird of prey
    Synonym: ave de rapina

Adjective

raptor (feminine raptora, masculine plural raptores, feminine plural raptoras)

  1. abductive
  2. (relational) of birds of prey
    Synonym: rapinante

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English raptor

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores)

  1. (informal, paleontology) raptor

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin raptor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rabˈtoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: rap‧tor

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

  1. kidnapper; abductor

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