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Latin
Verb
rētor
- 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)
- (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)
- (historical) a rhetorician in Ancient Greece or Rome
Anagrams
Old French
Noun
retor oblique singular, m (oblique plural retors, nominative singular retors, nominative plural retor)
- return (act of instance of returning)
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.tɔr/
- Rhymes: -ɛtɔr
- Syllabification: re‧tor
Noun
retor m pers (female equivalent retorka)
- (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)
- teacher of rhetoric.
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From retòrika.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rêːtor/
- Hyphenation: re‧tor
Noun
rȇtor m (Cyrillic spelling ре̑тор)
- rhetorician
Declension
References
- “retor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024