vibrator
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate + -or.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vaɪˈbɹeɪtə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪbɹeɪtɚ/, [ˈvaɪ̯bɹeɪ̯ɾɚ]
- Hyphenation: vi‧bra‧tor
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun edit
vibrator (plural vibrators)
- A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
- A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
- They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex.
- 1988, Wendy Goldman, Judy Toll, Casual Sex?, spoken by Stacy (Lea Thompson):
- Mmm. I'm sick of my ‘Mighty Intruder’ vibrator with the flexible shaft and the textured head.
- 1998 August 2, Nicole Avril, Susan Kolinsky, “The Turtle and the Hare”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 9, spoken by Charlotte:
- A vibrator does not call you on your birthday. A vibrator doesn't send you flowers the next day. You cannot take a vibrator home to meet your mother.
- (historical) A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
- A trembler, as of an electric bell.
- A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
- A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
- An oscillator.
- An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
- A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
- (weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
- An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
- A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
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Translations edit
device that causes vibration
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device used for massage or sexual stimulation
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electromechanical current interruptor
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Further reading edit
- “vibrator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vibrator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin vibrator. The sense for the sex toy probably derives from English vibrator.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vibrator m (plural vibrators, diminutive vibratortje n)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
vibrātor
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vibrator n (plural vibratori)
Declension edit
Declension of vibrator
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) vibrator | vibratorul | (niște) vibratori | vibratorile |
genitive/dative | (unui) vibrator | vibratorului | (unor) vibratori | vibratorilor |
vocative | vibratorule | vibratorilor |
Swedish edit
Noun edit
vibrator c
- vibrator (something that vibrates)
- vibrator (sex toy)
- Synonym: massagestav
Declension edit
Declension of vibrator | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vibrator | vibratorn | vibratorer | vibratorerna |
Genitive | vibrators | vibratorns | vibratorers | vibratorernas |
See also edit
- sexleksak (“sex toy”)