creditor

== English == === Alternative forms === creditour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛdɪtə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛdɪtɚ/ === Noun === creditor (plural creditors) (finance) A person to whom a debt is owed. Antonym: debtor One who gives credence to something; a believer. ==== Hyponyms ==== debtholder noteholder bondholder ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === director == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin crēditōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kɾə.ðiˈtu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [kɾə.ðiˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kɾe.ðiˈtoɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kɾe.ðiˈto] === Noun === creditor m (plural creditors, feminine creditora, feminine plural creditores) creditor Synonyms: anglès (slang), anglés (slang, Valencia) == Latin == === Etymology === From crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkreː.dɪ.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkrɛː.di.tor] === Noun === crēditor m (genitive crēditōris); third declension creditor, lender ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== crēditrīx ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “creditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “creditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "creditor", 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) “creditor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French créditeur. === Noun === creditor m (plural creditori, feminine equivalent creditoare) creditor ==== Declension ====