detractor
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English detractor, dectractour, from Anglo-Norman detractour, from Old French detractor.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
detractor (plural detractors)
- A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
- Synonyms: slanderer, libeler, cynic, mudslinger, defamer, critic
- Antonyms: proponent, promoter, supporter
- 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph[1]:
- Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.
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Translations edit
a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈtrak.tor/, [d̪eːˈt̪räkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈtrak.tor/, [d̪eˈt̪räkt̪or]
Noun edit
dētractor m (genitive dētractōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | dētractor | dētractōrēs |
Genitive | dētractōris | dētractōrum |
Dative | dētractōrī | dētractōribus |
Accusative | dētractōrem | dētractōrēs |
Ablative | dētractōre | dētractōribus |
Vocative | dētractor | dētractōrēs |
Verb edit
dētractor
References edit
- “detractor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detractor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detractor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French détracteur.
Noun edit
detractor m (plural detractori)
Declension edit
Declension of detractor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) detractor | detractorul | (niște) detractori | detractorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) detractor | detractorului | (unor) detractori | detractorilor |
vocative | detractorule | detractorilor |
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
detractor m (plural detractores, feminine detractora, feminine plural detractoras)
Further reading edit
- “detractor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014