traductor
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin trāductiō, from trādūcō (“lead across, bring across”), from trans (“across, beyond”) + dūcō (“bear, carry”).
=== Noun ===
traductor (plural traductors)
(obsolete) translator.
Anything that translates information from one format into a different format.
(rail transport) A long arm that is used to suspend a bag to be dropped onto a passing train and which retracts automatically be means of a spring when the bag is dropped.
== Asturian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tɾadukˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾa.ð̞ukˈt̪oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: tra‧duc‧tor
=== Noun ===
traductor m (plural traductores)
translator (someone who translates)
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [tɾə.ðukˈtu]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [tɾə.ðukˈto]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [tɾa.ðukˈtoɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [tɾa.ðukˈto]
=== Noun ===
traductor m (plural traductors, feminine traductora, feminine plural traductores)
translator
==== Related terms ====
traduir
==== Further reading ====
“traductor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
From trādūcō (“to lead, convey or transfer across or over”), in turn from trans (“across, over”) + dūcere (“to lead, to convey”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [traːˈdʊk.tɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [traˈduk.tor]
=== Noun ===
trāductor m (genitive trāductōris); third declension
One who transfers or carries over, conveyer.
==== Declension ====
Third-declension noun.
=== References ===
“traductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“traductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“traductor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
traductor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French traducteur.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tra.dukˈtor/
=== Noun ===
traductor n (plural traductoare)
transmitter
transductor
==== Declension ====
==== Paronyms ====
traducător
=== References ===
“traductor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin trāductor, with the sense from trādūcō’s post-classical sense 'I translate' (retained in Spanish traducir and other Romance cognates), which displaced the original Latin terms, such as reddō and trānsferō.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tɾaduɡˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾa.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: tra‧duc‧tor
=== Adjective ===
traductor (feminine traductora, masculine plural traductores, feminine plural traductoras)
translating, translator
=== Noun ===
traductor m (plural traductores, feminine traductora, feminine plural traductoras)
translator (a person who translates something)
(proscribed) translator (a language interpreter)
=== Noun ===
traductor m (plural traductores)
translator (a computer program that translates)
==== Related terms ====
==== Further reading ====
“traductor”, 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