# impulsor
## English
### Etymology

From Latin impulsor.

### Noun

impulsor (plural impulsors)
* One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator.
** 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.

#### Related terms

* impulse
* impulsion
* impulsive
* impulsively
* impulsiveness

### References

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impulsor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “impulsor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [im.pulˈso]
* IPA: (Valencia) [im.pulˈsoɾ]

### Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsors, feminine plural impulsores)
* impulsive

### Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsors, feminine impulsora)
* promoter

### Further reading

* “impulsor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “impulsor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “impulsor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “impulsor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Latin
### Etymology

From impellō +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /imˈpul.sor/, [ɪmˈpʊɫ̪s̠ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /imˈpul.sor/, [imˈpulsor]

### Noun

impulsor m (genitive impulsōris, feminine impulstrīx); third declension
* inciter, instigator

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: impulsor
* Italian: impulsore
* Portuguese: impulsor
* Spanish: impulsor

### References

* “impulsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “impulsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impulsōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.puwˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.puwˈsoɻ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.pulˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puɫˈsoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.pulˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puɫˈsoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.pulˈso.ɾi/ [ĩ.puɫˈso.ɾi]

### Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)
* impulsive; impellent (which impels, drives)
    Synonyms: impulsivo, impelente

### Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsores, feminine impulsora, feminine plural impulsoras)
* impulsor; inciter; instigator
    Synonym: instigador

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French impulseur.

### Noun

impulsor n (plural impulsoare)
* impeller (of a pump)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin impulsor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /impulˈsoɾ/ [ĩm.pulˈsoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: im‧pul‧sor

### Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)
* driving
* impulsive

### Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsores)
* impeller

### Further reading

* “impulsor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10