# imitator
## English
### Alternative forms

* imitatour (obsolete)

### Etymology

From French imitateur, derived from Latin imitātor, equivalent to imitate +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

imitator (plural imitators)
* A person who imitates or apes another.
    Synonym: aper
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** 2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN‎:Other far-right sites would gravitate to Epik. Among the first to announce its migration in early 2019 was BitChute, a YouTube imitator that had been blocked by PayPal.

#### Derived terms

* great imitator

#### Related terms

* imitate

#### Translations
### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Imitator”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Mariotti, Timariot

## Latin
### Etymology

From imitor +‎ -tor.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /i.miˈtaː.tor/, [ɪmɪˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /i.miˈta.tor/, [imiˈt̪äːt̪or]

### Noun

imitātor m (genitive imitātōris); third declension
* imitator
* mimic

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: imitador
* English: imitator
* French: imitateur
* Galician: imitador
* Italian: imitatore
* Portuguese: imitador
* Romanian: imitator
* Russian: имита́тор (imitátor)
* Spanish: imitador

### Verb

imitātor
* second/third-person singular future active imperative of imitor

### References

* “imitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “imitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* imitator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin imitator.

### Noun

imitator m (definite singular imitatoren, indefinite plural imitatorer, definite plural imitatorene)
* an imitator

#### Related terms

* imitere

### References

* “imitator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “imitator” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin imitator.

### Noun

imitator m (definite singular imitatoren, indefinite plural imitatorar, definite plural imitatorane)
* an imitator

#### Related terms

* imitere

### References

* “imitator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English imitator, French imitateur, German Imitator, ultimately from Latin imitātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.miˈta.tɔr/
* Rhymes: -atɔr
* Syllabification: i‧mi‧ta‧tor

### Noun

imitator m pers (female equivalent imitatorka, related adjective imitatorski)
* imitator, ape, copycat, mimic (person who imitates or apes another)
    Synonyms: naśladowca, naśladownik

#### Declension
### Noun

imitator m inan
* simulator (machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes)
    Synonym: symulator

#### Derived terms

* imitatorstwo

#### Related terms

* imitacyjny
* imitacja
* imitacjonizm
* imitować impf
* zimitować pf

### Further reading

* imitator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* imitator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French imitateur. Equivalent to imita +‎ -tor.

### Noun

imitator m (plural imitatori)
* copycat

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imǐtaːtor/
* Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta‧tor

### Noun

imìtātor m (Cyrillic spelling имѝта̄тор)
* imitator