ablator

English

Etymology

From ablate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æˈbleɪt.ɚ/, /æˈbleɪt.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æˈbleɪt.əː/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

ablator (plural ablators)

1. A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades. [Mid 20^th century.]

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: ablatief materiaal n, hitteschild (nl) n

Anagrams

• Baratol, Bortala, abortal

Latin

Etymology

From ablātus, perfect passive participle of auferō (“carry off, take away”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈlaː.tor/, [äbˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈla.tor/, [äbˈläːt̪or]

Noun

ablātor m (genitive ablātōris); third declension

1. One who takes away.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ablātor	ablātōrēs
Genitive	ablātōris	ablātōrum
Dative	ablātōrī	ablātōribus
Accusative	ablātōrem	ablātōrēs
Ablative	ablātōre	ablātōribus
Vocative	ablātor	ablātōrēs

Related terms

• ablātiō
• ablātīvus
• ablātus
• auferō

Descendants

• English: ablator
• Portuguese: ablator

References

• “ablator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ablator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)