vibrator

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See also: Vibrator, vibrátor, and vibratör

English

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Etymology

From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

vibrator (plural vibrators)

  1. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    1. A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
      They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex.
      • 1988, Wendy Goldman, Judy Toll, Casual Sex?, spoken by Stacy (Lea Thompson):
        Mmm. I'm sick of my ‘Mighty Intruder’ vibrator with the flexible shaft and the textured head.
      • 1998 August 2, Nicole Avril, Susan Kolinsky, “The Turtle and the Hare”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 9, spoken by Charlotte:
        A vibrator does not call you on your birthday. A vibrator doesn't send you flowers the next day. You cannot take a vibrator home to meet your mother.
    2. (historical) A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
    3. A trembler, as of an electric bell.
    4. A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
    5. A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
    6. An oscillator.
    7. An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
    8. A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
    9. (weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
    10. An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vibrator. The sense for the sex toy probably derives from English vibrator.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌviˈbraː.tɔr/
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  • Hyphenation: vi‧bra‧tor

Noun

vibrator m (plural vibrators, diminutive vibratortje n)

  1. vibrator (vibrating sex toy)
  2. vibrator (any vibrating device)

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Latin

Verb

vibrātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of vibrō

Romanian

Etymology

From vibra +‎ -tor.

Noun

vibrator n (plural vibratori)

  1. dildo

Declension

Declension of vibrator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) vibrator vibratorul (niște) vibratori vibratorile
genitive/dative (unui) vibrator vibratorului (unor) vibratori vibratorilor
vocative vibratorule vibratorilor

Swedish

Noun

vibrator c

  1. vibrator (something that vibrates)
  2. vibrator (sex toy)
    Synonym: massagestav

Declension

Declension of vibrator 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vibrator vibratorn vibratorer vibratorerna
Genitive vibrators vibratorns vibratorers vibratorernas

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References

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