interpreter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
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Etymology: From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, etc., from Old French interpreteur, interpreteeur, etc., from Late Latin interpretātōr, from classical Latin interpretātus (“explained, translated”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from interpretārī (“to explain, to translate”), from interpres (“go-between, translator”) + -ārī (“to be ~ed”), q.v. In reference to divine emissaries, a calque of Mercury's Latin epithet interpres divum (“go-between of the gods”). In reference to the rhetorical device, a calque of Latin interpretatio. Equivalent to interpret + -er.
Displaced native Old English wealhstod.
Base: interpret
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: interpreters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: interpretour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: enterpretour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: enterpretor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly
pos: noun
examples: ... an interpreter of dreams ...
[…] the Priest or Medicine-man […] early appeared on the plantation and found his function as the healer of the sick, the interpreter of the Unknown […] and the one who rudely but picturesquely expressed the longing, disappointment, and resentment of a stolen and oppressed people.
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
examples: A Japanese man who is tried before a German court is assisted by an interpreter in making oral statements.
... when you ſallie vpon him, ſpeake what terrible Language you will: though you vnderſtand it not your ſelues, no matter: for we must not ſeeme to vnderſtand him, vnleſſe ſome one among vs, whom wee must produce for an Interpreter.
I had many Acquaintance among Persons of the best Fashion, and being always attended by my Interpreter, the Conversation we had was not disagreeable.
I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter.
14. A party or witness in any proceedings who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.
Once in the classroom the interpreter might inform the deaf person of various auditory information occurring in the environment such as: The teacher has a strong accent. Your hearing aid is making a noise. The fire alarm has gone off!
So began my career as our family’s official interpreter. From then on, I would fill in our blanks, our silences, stutters, whenever I could. I code switched. I took off our language and wore my English, like a mask, so that others would see my face, and therefore yours.
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: ... the holy fathers interpretours of holy scrypture ...
Then said Christian to the Interpreter,
 Expound this matter more fully to me.
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: uncommon
examples: At the historic site, there are a number of interpreters who demonstrate ancient crafts.
A severe interpreter might say that the mere facts of their relation to each other, the melancholy position of this woman who depended on his will, made a standing banquet for his delight in dominating.
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Leo. ... theſe thy offices
 (So rarely kind) are as Interpreters
 Of my behind-hand ſlackneſſe.
Flowers are the interpreters of love in India, painting in the most vivid but in the softest colours speaking in the sweetest sighs: while each blossom that fades is a mournful remembrancer either of blighted hopes or departed pleasures.
... the modern drama—the strongest and most far-reaching interpreter of our deep-felt dissatisfaction ...
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
rhetoric
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
examples: Programs written in BASIC are usually run through an interpreter rather than a compiler.
gloss: A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
pos: noun
examples: ... one of the foremost interpreters of Beethoven's piano works ...
Synonyms: decoder
elucidator
explainer
explicator
expounder
terp
Related words: interpret
interpretation
interpretive
interpretorial
Derived words: conference interpreter
interpretership
interpretess
interpretress
photointerpreter
self-interpreter
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: тълкува́тел
roman: tǎlkuvátel
lang: Dutch
word: uitlegger
lang: Finnish
word: opas
lang: Korean
word: 해설자
roman: haeseolja
lang: Romanian
word: comentator
lang: Romanian
word: interpretator
lang: Spanish
word: exégeta
lang: Spanish
word: exegeta