-ator

See also: ator, -átor, -atör, and -ător

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor or -ate +‎ -or.

Suffix

-ator

1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate

Derived terms

English words suffixed with -ator

• -atory

Related terms

• abbreviator
• abrogator
• administrator
• annihilator
• -ate
• -ation
• communicator
• corroborator
• curator
• decimator
• demonstrator
• devastator
• emancipator
• equivocator
• inaugurator
• incubator
• innovator
• interrogator
• orator
• procurator
• renovator
• respirator
• reverberator
• spectator
• ventilator
• vibrator

 

Further reading

• “-ator”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• RATO, Rato, Roat, Rota, Taro, rato, rota, taro

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin -ātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tɔr/

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Suffix

-ator

1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -eren

Derived terms

Dutch words suffixed with -ator

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tor/, [ˈäːt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tor/, [ˈäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

By rebracketing of words formed from first conjugation verbs, such as cūrātor (cūrāre + -tor), where -ā- is part of the stem.

Suffix

-ātor

1. Enlarged form of -tor, used to form agent nouns; -ator, -er

   ‎gladius (“sword”) + ‎-ātor → ‎gladiātor (“gladiator”)

   ‎malleus (“hammer”) + ‎-ātor → ‎malleātor (“hammerer”)

Descendants

• → Old Irish: -atóir
• → Norwegian: -ator

See also

• -or
• -tor (-sor)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Suffix

-ator m

1. used to form nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål words suffixed with -ator

References

• “-ator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-ator” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin -ator

Suffix

-ator m

1. used to form nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk words suffixed with -ator

References

• “-ator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧tor

Suffix

-ator m pers

1. Forms masculine agentitive nouns, usually professions

   ‎adiustacja + ‎-ator → ‎adiustator

Declension

Declension of -ator

	singular	plural
nominative	-ator	-atorzy
genitive	-atora	-atorów
dative	-atorowi	-atorom
accusative	-atora	-atorów
instrumental	-atorem	-atorami
locative	-atorze	-atorach
vocative	-atorze	-atorzy

Derived terms

Polish words suffixed with -ator

Further reading

• -ator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• -ator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ator (Cyrillic spelling -атор)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin.

See also

• -or