conductor

== English == === Alternative forms === conductour (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈdʌktɚ/ Hyphenation: con‧duc‧tor === Noun === conductor (plural conductors) One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director. (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting. (transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers. (physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound. Antonyms: dielectric, nonconductor, insulator Coordinate term: semiconductor (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director. (architecture) A leader. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin conductōrem (“contractor, employer”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kun.dukˈtu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [kon.dukˈto] IPA(key): (Central) [kun.dukˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.dukˈtoɾ] === Adjective === conductor (feminine conductora, masculine plural conductors, feminine plural conductores) driving conducting === Noun === conductor m (plural conductors, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductores) driver === Noun === conductor m (plural conductors) (physics) conductor ==== Derived terms ==== semiconductor ==== Related terms ==== conduir == Latin == === Etymology === From condūcō (“to lead”) + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈdʊk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈduk.tor] === Noun === conductor m (genitive conductōris, feminine conductrīx); third declension employer, entrepreneur contractor (physics) conductor (of heat, electricity etc) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "conductor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “conductor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Noun === conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of condutor == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French conducteur, from Latin conductor. === Noun === conductor n (plural conductoare) (physics) conductor ==== Declension ==== === Noun === conductor m (plural conductori) driver (physics) conductor ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin conductorem (“contractor, employer”). Cognate with English conductor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konduɡˈtoɾ/ [kõn̪.d̪uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: con‧duc‧tor === Noun === conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras) driver Synonyms: volante, chofer motorist Synonym: motorista (Mexico, Rioplatense) presenter; host (of a television show) Synonym: presentador ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === conductor m (plural conductores) conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound) Antonym: aislador/aislante ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “conductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025