captor
/ˈkæptə/KAP-tur
/ˈkæptɚ/KAP-tur
Meaninga taker
Common meaning: someone who holds another as a prisoner
- captto grasp, takeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 283 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
Journey through time
- Latincapiō, cēpī, captum‘to grasp, take’
- Englishcaptor‘someone who holds another as a prisoner’ · today
capt also in: capableperceptaccipiternonacceptance
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Latin capiō ‘to grasp, take’.
Roots
- capiō, cēpī, captum Latin “to grasp, take”
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