translator
/tɹænˈsleɪtə/tran-SLAY-tur
/tɹænˈsleɪtɚ/tran-SLAY-tur
Meaningone that carries across
Common meaning: a person or thing that translates
- transacross
- latcarried, borneLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1039 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘across’ + ‘carried, borne’ → translator
Journey through time
- Latinlātus (past part. of ferō)‘carried, borne’
- Frenchtranslater
- Englishtranslate‘to put into another language’
- Englishformed in English from translatetranslator‘a person or thing that translates’ · 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 carries across. It can be inferred from any of: translate.
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from translate + -or (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- lātus (past part. of ferō) Latin “carried, borne”
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