-ator

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ātor or -ate +‎ -or. === Suffix === -ator Used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate. ==== Derived terms ==== -atory ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “-ator”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. === Anagrams === aort-, oart, RATO, Taro, Roat, Rato, rato, rota, Rota, Orta, taro == Danish == === Alternative forms === -tor -itor -sor -ssor === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. === Suffix === -ator c used to form agent nouns Coordinate term: -er ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “-ator” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ātor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaː.tɔr/ === Suffix === -ator used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -eren ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ātor. === Suffix === -ator m (mixed, genitive -ators, plural -atoren) used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ieren ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ator”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.tor] === Etymology 1 === By rebracketing of words formed from first conjugation verbs, such as cūrātor (cūrāre + -tor), where -ā- is part of the stem. ==== Suffix ==== -ātor Enlarged form of -tor, used to form agent nouns; -ator, -er ‎gladius (“sword”) + ‎-ātor → ‎gladiātor (“gladiator”) ‎malleus (“hammer”) + ‎-ātor → ‎malleātor (“hammerer”) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → Norwegian: -ator → Old Irish: -atóirManx: -derScottish Gaelic: -adairIrish: -adóir → Proto-Brythonic: *-adʉrOld Breton: -adurMiddle Breton: -adurBreton: -adurOld Cornish: -adurMiddle Cornish: -adurCornish: -adorOld Welsh: -adurMiddle Welsh: -adurWelsh: -adur → Proto-Brythonic: *-ọdr Cornish: -ador Welsh: -awdwr ==== See also ==== -or -tor (-sor) === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of -ō (first conjugation) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. === Suffix === -ator m used to form nouns ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “-ator” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “-ator” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Derived from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”). === Suffix === -ator m used to form nouns ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “-ator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin -ātor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.tɔr/ Rhymes: -atɔr Syllabification: -a‧tor === Suffix === -ator m pers forms masculine agentitive nouns, usually professions ‎adiustacja + ‎-ator → ‎adiustator ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Serbo-Croatian == === Suffix === -ator (Cyrillic spelling -атор) Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin. === See also === -or