translator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.
Base: translate
Affixes: -or
Inflected forms:
form: translators
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tr.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: trans.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: transl.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: translater
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: translatour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: translatoure
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: traunslatour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: translacttor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: translature
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: translatar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: translatare
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
pos: noun
gloss: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
pos: noun
tags: proscribed
sometimes
examples: "You don't believe the Soviet Union is going to reduce its defense budget, do you?" Boggs asked.
Premier Chou didn't wait for the translator to finish. "Never, never, never," he replied in perfect English.
gloss: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Mr. C. Blair Leighton... lithographer... was one of the earliest translators of water and oil pictures by the chromatic process.
gloss: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: ... the translator of the life and miracles of the saints, like the translator of the relics, need not have been "literate"; nor did he have to be a clerk.
gloss: Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Boots and Shoes are not to be had, I am told, in sufficient quantity for the demand from the slop-shops, the "translators," and the second-hand dealers. Great quantities of second-hand boots and shoes are sent to Ireland to be "translated" there.
gloss: A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
pos: noun
tags: historical
slang
gloss: Synonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A thing that converts energy from one form to another.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: The retinaculum of asclepiads.
pos: noun
Synonyms: dubash
interpreter
Related words: transfer
translate
translation
translatory
Derived words: cotranslator
fanslator
Fortran
machine translator
piezotranslator
pretranslator
scanlator
translatorese
translatorial
translatorship
translatress
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: vertaler
lang: Afrikaans
word: vertaalster
lang: Albanian
word: përkthyes
lang: Albanian
word: përkthyese
lang: Amharic
word: አስተርጓሚ
roman: ʾästärgʷami
lang: Amharic
word: አስተርጓሚት
roman: ʾästärgʷamit
lang: Arabic
word: مُتَرْجِم
roman: mutarjim
lang: Arabic
word: مُتَرْجِمَة
roman: mutarjima
lang: Arabic
word: تُرْجُمَان
roman: turjumān
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܵܐ
roman: targmānā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܬܵܐ
roman: targmāntā
lang: Armenian
word: թարգմանիչ
roman: tʻargmaničʻ
lang: Assamese
word: ভাঙনি কৰোঁতা
roman: bhaṅoni korü̃ta
lang: Assamese
word: অনুবাদক
roman: onubadok
lang: Asturian
word: traductor
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tərcüməçi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: mütərcim
lang: Bashkir
word: тәржемәсе
roman: tərjeməse
lang: Basque
word: itzultzaile
lang: Belarusian
word: перакла́дчык
roman: pjerakládčyk
lang: Belarusian
word: перакла́дчыца
roman: pjerakládčyca
lang: Bengali
word: অনুবাদক
roman: onubadok
lang: Breton
word: troour
lang: Bulgarian
word: превода́ч
roman: prevodáč
lang: Bulgarian
word: превода́чка
roman: prevodáčka
lang: Burmese
word: ဘာသာပြန်
roman: bhasa-pran
lang: Burmese
word: ဘာသာပြန်သူ
roman: bhasa-pransu
lang: Catalan
word: traductor
lang: Catalan
word: traductora
lang: Chechen
word: гочдархо
roman: gočdarxo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 譯者 /译者
roman: yìzhě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 譯員 /译员
roman: yìyuán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翻譯 /翻译
roman: fānyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翻譯員 /翻译员
roman: fānyìyuán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翻譯者 /翻译者
roman: fānyìzhě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翻譯家 /翻译家
roman: fānyìjiā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翻譯官 /翻译官
roman: fānyìguān
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: mtafsiri
lang: Czech
word: překladatel
lang: Czech
word: překladatelka
lang: Danish
word: oversætter
lang: Danish
word: tolk
lang: Dutch
word: vertaler
lang: Dutch
word: vertaalster
lang: Elfdalian
word: yvyrsetter
lang: Esperanto
word: tradukisto
lang: Esperanto
word: virtradukisto
lang: Esperanto
word: tradukistino
lang: Esperanto
word: tradukanto
lang: Esperanto
word: virtradukanto
lang: Esperanto
word: tradukantino
lang: Esperanto
word: (neut.) tradukilo
lang: Estonian
word: tõlk
lang: Faroese
word: týðari
lang: Faroese
word: tolkur
lang: Faroese
word: umsetari
lang: Finnish
word: kääntäjä
lang: French
word: traducteur
lang: French
word: traductrice
lang: West-Frisian
word: oersetter
lang: Galician
word: tradutor
lang: Galician
word: tradutora
lang: Georgian
word: მთარგმნელი
roman: mtargmneli
lang: Georgian
word: თარჯიმანი
roman: tarǯimani
lang: German
word: Übersetzer
lang: German
word: Übersetzerin
lang: Greek
word: μεταφραστής
roman: metafrastís
lang: Greek
word: μεταφράστρια
roman: metafrástria
lang: Greek
word: μηχανικός μεταφραστής
roman: michanikós metafrastís
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μεταφραστής
roman: metaphrastḗs
lang: Greenlandic
word: nutserisoq
lang: Gujarati
word: અનુવાદક
roman: anuvādak
lang: Hawaiian
word: mea unuhi
lang: Hebrew
word: מְתַרְגֵּם
roman: metargém
lang: Hebrew
word: מְתַרְגֶּמֶת
roman: metargémet
lang: Hindi
word: अनुवादक
roman: anuvādak
lang: Hindi
word: भाषांतरकार
roman: bhāṣāntarkār
lang: Hungarian
word: fordító
lang: Icelandic
word: þýðandi
lang: Ido
word: tradukisto
lang: Ido
word: tradukistulo
lang: Ido
word: tradukistino
lang: Ido
word: tradukanto
lang: Ido
word: tradukantulo
lang: Ido
word: tradukantino
lang: Indonesian
word: penerjemah
lang: Irish
word: aistritheoir
lang: Italian
word: traduttore
lang: Italian
word: traduttrice
lang: Japanese
word: 翻訳者
roman: hon'yakusha
lang: Kannada
word: ಅನುವಾದಕ
roman: anuvādaka
lang: Kapampangan
word: talalikas
lang: Kazakh
word: аударушы
roman: audaruşy
lang: Kazakh
word: аудармашы
roman: audarmaşy
lang: Khmer
word: អ្នកបកប្រែ
roman: nĕək bɑɑk prae
lang: Korean
word: 번역자
roman: beonyeokja
lang: Korean
word: 번역가
roman: beonyeokga
lang: Central Kurdish
word: وەرگێڕ
roman: wergêrr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: wergêr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: terciman
lang: Kyrgyz
word: котормочу
roman: kotormocu
lang: Ladino
word: terdjuman
lang: Lao
word: ຜູ້ແປ
roman: phū pǣ
lang: Lao
word: ນາຍພາສາ
roman: nāi phā sā
lang: Latin
word: interpres
lang: Latin
word: trānslātor
lang: Latvian
word: tulkotājs
lang: Latvian
word: tulkotāja
lang: Lithuanian
word: vertėjas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Iwwersetzer
lang: Macedonian
word: преведувач
roman: preveduvač
lang: Macedonian
word: преведувачка
roman: preveduvačka
lang: Malay
word: penterjemah
lang: Malayalam
word: വിവര്ത്തകന്
roman: vivarttakanŭ
lang: Maltese
word: traduttur
lang: Manchu
word: ᡨᡠᠩᠰᡝ
roman: tungse
lang: Northern Mansi
word: толмась
roman: tolmasʹ
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhiringa reo
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhakamāori
lang: Marathi
word: अनुवादक
roman: anuvādak
lang: Middle English
word: translatour
lang: Mongolian
word: орчуулагч
roman: orčuulagč
lang: Mongolian
word: хөрвүүлэгч
roman: xörvüülegč
lang: Norman
word: traducteux
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: oversetter
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: omsetjar
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: omsettar
lang: Occitan
word: traductor
lang: Odia
word: ଅନୁବାଦକ
roman: anubādaka
lang: Old English
word: wealhstod
lang: Pashto
word: ترجمان
roman: tarjomãn
lang: Pashto
word: مترجم
roman: motarajém
lang: Pashto
word: ژباړن
roman: žbāṛán
lang: Pashto
word: ژباړونکی
roman: žbāṛúnkay
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Iwwersetzer
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تَرْجُمان
roman: tarjomân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تَرْگُمان
roman: targomân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُتَرْجِم
roman: motarjem
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تَرْجُمال
roman: tarjomâl
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Äwasata
lang: Polish
word: tłumacz
lang: Polish
word: tłumaczka
lang: Polish
word: translator
lang: Polish
word: translatorka
lang: Polish
word: przekładacz
lang: Portuguese
word: tradutor
lang: Portuguese
word: tradutora
lang: Romanian
word: traducător
lang: Romanian
word: traducătoare
lang: Romanian
word: translator
lang: Romanian
word: translatoare
lang: Romansh
word: translatur
lang: Romansh
word: translatura
lang: Russian
word: перево́дчик
roman: perevódčik
lang: Russian
word: перево́дчица
roman: perevódčica
lang: Northern Sami
word: jorgaleaddji
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: ǩiõlljåårǥlõʹtti
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eadar-theangair
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: прево̀дилац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: прево̀дитељ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prevòdilac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prevòditelj
lang: Sinhalese
word: පරිවර්තක
roman: pariwartaka
lang: Slovak
word: prekladateľ
lang: Slovak
word: prekladateľka
lang: Slovene
word: prevajalec
lang: Slovene
word: prevajalka
lang: Somali
word: turjume
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pśełožowaŕ
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: přełožowar
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: přełožer
lang: Sotho
word: mofetoledi
lang: Southern Altai
word: тилмеш
roman: tilmeš
lang: Spanish
word: traductor
lang: Spanish
word: traductora
lang: Swahili
word: mfasiri
lang: Swahili
word: mfumbua
lang: Swahili
word: mtapta
lang: Swedish
word: översättare
lang: Tajik
word: тарҷумон
roman: tarjumon
lang: Tajik
word: мутарҷим
roman: mutarjim
lang: Tamil
word: மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்
roman: moḻipeyarppāḷar
lang: Tatar
word: тәрҗемәче
roman: tärcemäçe
lang: Telugu
word: అనువాదకుడు
roman: anuvādakuḍu
lang: Thai
word: ผู้แปล
roman: pûu-bplɛɛ
lang: Thai
word: นักแปล
roman: nák-bplɛɛ
lang: Thai
word: ล่าม
roman: lâam
lang: Tibetan
word: སྐད་སྒྱུར
roman: skad sgyur
lang: Tigrinya
word: ተርጓሚ
roman: tärgʷami
lang: Tigrinya
word: ተርጓሚት
roman: tärgʷamit
lang: Turkish
word: çevirmen
lang: Turkish
word: tercüman
lang: Turkmen
word: terjimeçi
lang: Ukrainian
word: переклада́ч
roman: perekladáč
lang: Ukrainian
word: переклада́чка
roman: perekladáčka
lang: Urdu
word: مُتَرْجِم
roman: mutarjim
lang: Urdu
word: تَرْجُمان
roman: tarjumān
lang: Urdu
word: اَنُوَادَک
roman: anūādak
lang: Uyghur
word: تەرجىمان
roman: terjiman
lang: Uzbek
word: tarjimon
lang: Vietnamese
word: thông dịch viên
lang: Vietnamese
word: dịch gỉa
lang: Volapük
word: tradutan
lang: Volapük
word: hitradutan
lang: Volapük
word: jitradutan
lang: Walloon
word: ratourneu
lang: Walloon
word: tradujheu
lang: Walloon
word: ratourneuse
lang: Walloon
word: tradujheuse
lang: Welsh
word: cyfieithydd
lang: Yiddish
word: איבערזעצער
roman: iberzetser
lang: Yiddish
word: איבערזעצערין
roman: iberzetserin