retentor

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere. === Noun === retentor (plural retentors) A muscle which holds a body part in place, notably in extended or retracted position ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === rottener == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere. === Noun === retentor m (plural retentoren or retentors or retentores, diminutive retentortje n) (law) the holder of a right of retensio, i.e. to keep something one doesn't own ==== Related terms ==== retentie == Latin == === Etymology === From retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈtɛn.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈtɛn.tor] === Noun === retentor m (genitive retentōris); third declension One who holds back; detainer, retainer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “retentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “retentor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin retentōrem, from retentō (“to hold back, to hold fast”), from retineō (“to retain, to hold back”), from re- + teneō (“to hold”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: re‧ten‧tor === Noun === retentor m (plural retentores) retainer (any thing or person that retains) (law) holder (person who holds a property) === Adjective === retentor (feminine retentora, masculine plural retentores, feminine plural retentoras) retaining (that retains) ==== Related terms ==== reter === Further reading === “retentor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “retentor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026