retor

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See also: rétor

Latin

Verb

rētor

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably through Latin rhētor, from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Noun

retor m (definite singular retoren, indefinite plural retorer, definite plural retorene)

  1. (historical) a rhetorician in Ancient Greece or Rome

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably through Latin rhētor, from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Noun

retor m (definite singular retoren, indefinite plural retorar, definite plural retorane)

  1. (historical) a rhetorician in Ancient Greece or Rome

Anagrams

Old French

Noun

retor oblique singularm (oblique plural retors, nominative singular retors, nominative plural retor)

  1. return (act of instance of returning)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɔr
  • Syllabification: re‧tor

Noun

retor m pers (female equivalent retorka)

  1. (literary) wordsmith
    Synonyms: krasomówca, orator

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr) or Latin rhetor.

Noun

retor m (plural retori)

  1. teacher of rhetoric.

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From retòrika.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rêːtor/
  • Hyphenation: re‧tor

Noun

rȇtor m (Cyrillic spelling ре̑тор)

  1. rhetorician

Declension

References

  • retor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024