projector

== English == === Alternative forms === projectour (obsolete, rare) === Etymology === Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /pɹəˈd͡ʒektə/ Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) === Noun === projector (plural projectors) Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something. [from 16th c.] An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.] That which projects or launches something. (psychology) One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others. (mathematics) An operator that forms a projection. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Chinese == === Etymology === From English projector. === Pronunciation === === Noun === projector (Hong Kong Cantonese) projector (projection device) == Dutch == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from English projector or German Projektor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌproːˈjɛk.tɔr/ Hyphenation: pro‧jec‧tor Rhymes: -ɛktɔr === Noun === projector m (plural projectoren or projectors, diminutive projectortje n) a projector (projection device) ==== Derived terms ==== diaprojector == Portuguese == === Noun === projector m (plural projectores) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of projetor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling === Further reading === “projector”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026