fabricator
/ˈfæbɹɪˌkeɪtə/FA-brih-kay-tur
/ˈfæbɹɪˌkeɪtɚ/FA-brih-kay-tur
Meaningone that crafts
Common meaning: a person or thing that fabricates
- fabra craftsman; a workshopLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 712 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
Journey through time
- Latinfaber; fabrica‘a craftsman’
- Englishfabricate‘to make’
- Englishformed in English from fabricatefabricator‘a person or thing that fabricates’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that crafts. It can be inferred from any of: fabricate.
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: Formed in English from fabricate + -or (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- faber; fabrica Latin “a craftsman; a workshop”
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