# -ator
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor or -ate +‎ -or.

### Suffix

-ator
* used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate

#### Derived terms

* -atory

#### Related terms

* abbreviator
* abrogator
* administrator
* annihilator
* -ate
* -ation
* communicator
* corroborator
* curator
* decimator
* demonstrator
* devastator
* emancipator
* equivocator
* inaugurator
* incubator
* innovator
* interrogator
* orator
* procurator
* renovator
* respirator
* reverberator
* spectator
* ventilator
* vibrator

### Further reading

* “-ator”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

### Anagrams

* aort-, oart, RATO, Taro, Roat, Rato, rato, rota, Rota, Orta, taro

## Danish
### Alternative Forms

* -tor
* -itor
* -sor
* -ssor

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

### Suffix

-ator c
* used to form agent nouns
    Coordinate term: -er

#### Derived terms
### References

* “-ator” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Derived from Latin -ātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)

### Suffix

-ator
* used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -eren

#### Derived terms
## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː.tor/, [ˈäːt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.tor/, [ˈäːt̪or]

### Etymology 1

By rebracketing of words formed from first conjugation verbs, such as cūrātor (cūrāre + -tor), where -ā- is part of the stem.

#### Suffix

-ātor
* Enlarged form of -tor, used to form agent nouns; -ator, -er
    ‎gladius (“sword”) + ‎-ātor → ‎gladiātor (“gladiator”)
    ‎malleus (“hammer”) + ‎-ātor → ‎malleātor (“hammerer”)

##### Declension

Third-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* → Old Irish: -atóir
** Irish: -adóir
* → Norwegian: -ator

#### See also

* -or
* -tor (-sor)

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-ātor
* second/third-person singular future passive imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

### Suffix

-ator m
* used to form nouns

#### Derived terms
### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Derived from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”).

### Suffix

-ator m
* used to form nouns

#### Derived terms
### References

* “-ator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atɔr
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Suffix

-ator m pers
* forms masculine agentitive nouns, usually professions
    ‎adiustacja + ‎-ator → ‎adiustator

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* -ator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Suffix

-ator (Cyrillic spelling -атор)
* Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin.

### See also

* -or