reductor

== English == === Noun === reductor (plural reductors) (chemistry) A device for carrying out reduction. == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin reductor. === Adjective === reductor (feminine reductora, masculine plural reductors, feminine plural reductores) reducing === Noun === reductor m (plural reductors) (chemistry) reductant Synonym: agent reductor (photography) reducer === Related terms === reduir === Further reading === “reductor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Latin == === Etymology === From redūcō (“lead, bring back”) + -tor (“-er”, agent suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈdʊk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈduk.tor] === Noun === reductor m (genitive reductōris); third declension (rare) one who leads or brings back ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “reductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “reductor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French réducteur. === Adjective === reductor m or n (feminine singular reductoare, masculine plural reductori, feminine/neuter plural reductoare) (chemistry) reducing ==== Declension ==== === Noun === reductor m (plural reductori) (chemistry) reducing agent ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reduɡˈtoɾ/ [re.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: re‧duc‧tor === Adjective === reductor (feminine reductora, masculine plural reductores, feminine plural reductoras) reductive, reducing === Noun === reductor m (plural reductores) (chemistry) reducing agent, reducer, reductant === Noun === reductor m (plural reductores, feminine reductora, feminine plural reductoras) reducer === Further reading === “reductor”, 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