creator

== English == === Alternative forms === creatour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English creatour, from Old French creator, creatur, creatour, from Latin creātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle creātus (“created”), from verb creō (“to create”) + agent suffix -or. Mostly displaced native Old English wyrhta (modern English wright). === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/, [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯tʰəː] (General Australian, New Zealand) (without t-flapping) IPA(key): /kɹiːˈæ̝ɪ̯təː/, [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈæ̝ɪ̯tʰəː] (t-flapping) IPA(key): /kɹiːˈæ̝ɪ̯ɾəː/, [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈæ̝ɪ̯ɾəː] (rhotic) (General American, Standard Canadian) (without t-flapping) IPA(key): /kɹiˈeɪtɚ/, [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯tʰɚ] ~ [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯tʰɹ̩] (t-flapping) IPA(key): /kɹiˈeɪɾɚ/, [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ɾɚ] ~ [kʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ɾɹ̩] Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tor === Noun === creator (plural creators) Something or someone which creates or makes something. (social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature. Coordinate term: influencer (religion, sometimes capitalized) The deity that created the world. (sports) A player who creates opportunities for their team to score goals; a playmaker. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually capitalized as Creator when referring to a specific deity. creator is usually used of female creators as well, the feminine forms are rarer. Due to the prevalence of sense 2, the use of sense 1 can sometimes be seen as denigrating, for example where specific terms such as author or director could be used instead. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === maker === Anagrams === Carreto, Cerrato, acroter, reactor == Latin == === Etymology === From creō (“to create, make”) + -tor. Compare Sanskrit कर्तृ (kartṛ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kreˈaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kreˈaː.tor] === Noun === creātor m (genitive creātōris, feminine creātrīx); third declension a creator, author, founder Synonyms: conditor, auctor a person who elects or appoints to an office the creator of the world; God ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== creātrīx ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Verb === creātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of creō === References === “creator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “creator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "creator", 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) “creator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[8], London: Macmillan and Co. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “creator”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1297 == Old French == === Noun === creator oblique singular, m (oblique plural creators, nominative singular creators, nominative plural creator) alternative form of creatur == Romanian == === Alternative forms === креатор (creator) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === From French créateur, from Latin creātor. Equivalent to crea +‎ -tor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kre.aˈtor/ Rhymes: -or Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tor === Adjective === creator m or n (feminine singular creatoare, masculine plural creatori, feminine/neuter plural creatoare) creative ==== Declension ==== === Noun === creator m (plural creatori) creator (person who creates, who founds something) (religion) God ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “creator”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026