communicator

== English == === Etymology === From communicate +‎ -or, after Latin commūnicātor (“partner, sharer, participant”); compare Middle French communicateur (“sharer, participant”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈmjunɪkeɪtɚ/, [kəˈmjunɪkeɪɾɚ] (General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈmjʉːnɪkæɪtə/ === Noun === communicator (plural communicators) Someone who, or something that communicates. Any of several electronic devices that allow people with various disabilities to communicate via displays or artificial speech. (science fiction) A usually portable communications device. ==== Synonyms ==== (science fiction device): commlink ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.muː.nɪˈkaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.mu.niˈkaː.tor] === Verb === commūnicātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of commūnicō === References === “communicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “communicator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.