spectator

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English

A group of spectators at a rowing event.
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate +‎ -or. Doublet of speculator.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: spĕk.tāʹtə, IPA(key): /spɛkˈteɪtə/
  • (US) enPR: spĕkʹtā.tər, IPA(key): /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

spectator (plural spectators)

  1. One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
    The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.
    • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
      Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
  2. One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer.
    • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v:
      The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.

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Latin

Etymology

From spectō (“watch”) +‎ -tor, from speciō (“look at”). Doublet of speculator.

Pronunciation

Noun

spectātor m (genitive spectātōris); third declension

  1. spectator, watcher
  2. examiner, judge, critic
    Synonyms: arbiter, iūdex, disceptātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative spectātor spectātōrēs
genitive spectātōris spectātōrum
dative spectātōrī spectātōribus
accusative spectātōrem spectātōrēs
ablative spectātōre spectātōribus
vocative spectātor spectātōrēs

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References

  • “spectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spectator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spectateur, from Latin spectator.

Noun

spectator m (plural spectatori)

  1. spectator

Declension

Declension of spectator
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative spectator spectatorul spectatori spectatorii
genitive-dative spectator spectatorului spectatori spectatorilor
vocative spectatorule spectatorilor
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