dator
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
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dator
Elfdalian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dator m
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References edit
- Lars Steensland (2021) Älvdalsk Ordbok, 2nd edition, Älvdalen: Ulum Dalska, →ISBN
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from the root *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence also Latin dō). Cognates include Ancient Greek δώτωρ (dṓtōr) and Sanskrit दातृ (dā́tar-).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈda.tor/, [ˈd̪ät̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.tor/, [ˈd̪äːt̪or]
Noun edit
dator m (genitive datōris); third declension
- Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron
- (sports) a slave who hands the player the ball
- Antonym: factor
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | dator | datōrēs |
Genitive | datōris | datōrum |
Dative | datōrī | datōribus |
Accusative | datōrem | datōrēs |
Ablative | datōre | datōribus |
Vocative | dator | datōrēs |
Descendants edit
Verb edit
dator
References edit
- “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *debtoriu < *dēbitōrius for Latin dēbitor (“debtor”), ultimately from dēbitum (“debt”), from dēbeō (“to owe”); influenced by the verb da (“to give”). Compare Aromanian dãtor. Doublet of the borrowing debitor.
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Adjective edit
dator m or n (feminine singular datoare, masculine plural datori, feminine and neuter plural datoare)
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From data + -or. Proposed in 1967 by professor Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the later often colloquially abbreviated to data.
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Noun edit
dator c
- computer (data processing machine)
- Synonyms: (rare) datamaskin, data
- (rare) indefinite plural of data
Usage notes edit
- (computer): The somewhat common synonym data is usually proscribed.
Declension edit
Declension of dator | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dator | datorn | datorer | datorerna |
Genitive | dators | datorns | datorers | datorernas |
Related terms edit
- datorisera (“computerize”)
- datorisering (“computerization”)
Descendants edit
- → Latvian: dators
References edit
- dator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- “Hur kan man använda data och datan? [How are data and datan used?]”, in Frågelådan[1], Swedish Language Council, 2019 December 28 (last accessed)