descriptor

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēscrīptōris. Compare describe. === Pronunciation === enPR: dĭ-skrĭp′tər (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈskɹɪp.tə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪˈskɹɪp.təɹ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /dəˈskɹəp.tə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /dɪˈskɹɪp.təɾ/, /dɪˈskɹɪp.tʌɾ/ Rhymes: -ɪptə(ɹ) Hyphenation: de‧scrip‧tor === Noun === descriptor (plural descriptors) That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description. (computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term. Synonym: index term (linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === identifier === Further reading === “descriptor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === discerptor, predictors == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dēscrīptōris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [dəs.kɾipˈtu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [dəs.kɾipˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.kɾipˈtoɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [des.kɾipˈto] Rhymes: -o(ɾ) Hyphenation: des‧crip‧tor === Adjective === descriptor (feminine descriptora, masculine plural descriptors, feminine plural descriptores) descriptive === Noun === descriptor m (plural descriptors) (information science, linguistics) descriptor (name associated with data or documents) === Related terms === descriure === Further reading === “descriptor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “descriptor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “descriptor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “descriptor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Latin == === Etymology === From dēscrīptum + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈskriːp.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈskrip.tor] Hyphenation: dē‧scrīp‧tor === Noun === dēscrīptor m (genitive dēscrīptōris, feminine dēscrīptrīx); third declension (Late Latin) descriptor (that which describes) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Further reading === “dēscriptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press dēscrīptor in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2078 R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “descriptor”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC “descriptor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 505, column 1. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French descripteur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /des.kripˈtor/ Rhymes: -or Hyphenation: des‧crip‧tor === Noun === descriptor m (plural descriptori) (rare) descriptor (that which describes) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “descriptor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dēscrīptōris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deskɾibˈtoɾ/ [d̪es.kɾiβ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: des‧crip‧tor === Noun === descriptor m (plural descriptores) descriptor (that which describes) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “descriptor”, 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