navigator
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin nāvigātor. By surface analysis, navigate + -or.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnavɪɡeɪtə/
=== Noun ===
navigator (plural navigators)
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
A sea explorer.
A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile.
(computing) A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
(obsolete) A labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
navigate
navigation
==== Translations ====
=== References ===
== Latin ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From nāvigō (“sail, navigate”) + -tor (agent noun suffix).
==== Noun ====
nāvigātor m (genitive nāvigātōris); third declension
a sailor or mariner
===== Declension =====
Third-declension noun.
===== Descendants =====
French: navigateur
Italian: navigatore
Portuguese: navegador
Romanian: navigator
Spanish: navegador
Venetan: navigadóre
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
nāvigātor
second/third-person singular future passive imperative of nāvigō
=== References ===
“navigator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“navigator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
== Romanian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
навигатор (navigator) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French navigateur, Italian navigatore. Equivalent to naviga + -tor.
=== Noun ===
navigator m (plural navigatori, feminine equivalent navigatoare)
navigator
(computing) browser
Synonyms: browser, explorator
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“navigator”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026