commentator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
hobbies
law
lifestyle
media
sports
Etymology: In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment + -ator.
Inflected forms:
form: commentators
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: commentatour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who makes a commentary, particularly
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
rare
gloss: A person who makes a commentary, particularly
pos: noun
gloss: A person who makes a commentary, particularly
pos: noun
examples: It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own.
gloss: A person who makes a commentary, particularly
pos: noun
gloss: A person who makes a commentary, particularly
pos: noun
examples: He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.
gloss: A person who makes a commentary, particularly
pos: noun
examples: Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.
Synonyms: interpreter
Related words: commentary
Derived words: cocommentator
color commentator
commentate
commentator's curse
commentatorship
commentatress
subcommentator
supercommentator
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مُعَلِّق
roman: muʕalliq
lang: Armenian
word: մեկնաբան
roman: meknaban
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şərhçi
lang: Belarusian
word: камента́тар
roman: kamjentátar
lang: Belarusian
word: камента́тарка
roman: kamjentátarka
lang: Belarusian
word: камэнта́тар
roman: kamentátar
lang: Belarusian
word: камэнта́тарка
roman: kamentátarka
lang: Bulgarian
word: комента́тор
roman: komentátor
lang: Catalan
word: comentarista
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 評論員 /评论员
roman: pínglùnyuán
lang: Czech
word: komentátor
lang: Czech
word: komentátorka
lang: Dutch
word: commentator
lang: Esperanto
word: komentisto
lang: Faroese
word: viðmerkjari
lang: Finnish
word: selostaja
lang: Finnish
word: kommentaattori
lang: French
word: commentateur
lang: German
word: Kommentator
lang: German
word: Kommentatorin
lang: Greek
word: σχολιαστής
roman: scholiastís
lang: Japanese
word: コメンテーター
roman: komentētā
lang: Japanese
word: 評論家
roman: hyōronka
lang: Korean
word: 해설자
roman: haeseolja
lang: Korean
word: 평론가
roman: pyeongnon'ga
lang: Macedonian
word: комента́тор
roman: komentátor
lang: Macedonian
word: комента́торка
roman: komentátorka
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kommentator
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kommentator
lang: Polish
word: komentator
lang: Polish
word: komentatorka
lang: Portuguese
word: comentarista
lang: Russian
word: коммента́тор
roman: kommentátor
lang: Slovak
word: komentátor
lang: Slovak
word: komentátorka
lang: Spanish
word: comentador
lang: Spanish
word: comentadora
lang: Spanish
word: comentarista
lang: Tajik
word: шореҳ
roman: šoreh
lang: Telugu
word: వ్యాఖ్యాత
roman: vyākhyāta
lang: Thai
word: นักวิจารณ์
roman: nák-wí-jaan
lang: Turkish
word: yorumcu
lang: Ukrainian
word: комента́тор
roman: komentátor
lang: Ukrainian
word: комента́торка
roman: komentátorka
lang: Vietnamese
word: bình luận viên