investigator

== English == === Etymology === Attested in the mid‐16th century; from Latin investigator, from investigare, equivalent to investigate +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ.tɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ.tɘ/ ɪnˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪ̯t === Noun === investigator (plural investigators) One who investigates. Synonyms: detective, dick, gumshoe, Inv. (initialism), indagator (obsolete), private eye, sleuth ==== Hyponyms ==== principal investigator ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== investigatrix (feminine) reinvestigator ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “investigator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “investigator”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “investigator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From investīgō +‎ -tor. ==== Noun ==== investīgātor m (genitive investīgātōris, feminine investīgātrīx); third declension investigator, researcher Synonym: indāgātor 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Nova formicae species [3], Nuntii Latini 27.4.2018: ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== investīgātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of investīgō === References === “investigator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “investigator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French investigateur, from Latin investigator. Equivalent to investiga +‎ -tor. === Adjective === investigator m or n (feminine singular investigatoare, masculine plural investigatori, feminine/neuter plural investigatoare) investigating ==== Declension ==== === Noun === investigator m (plural investigatori, feminine equivalent investigatoare) investigator ==== Derived terms ==== investigare investigație