creditor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- creditour (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”).
Noun edit
creditor (plural creditors)
- (finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.
- Antonym: debtor
- One who gives credence to something; a believer.
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a person to whom a debt is owed
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin crēditōrem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkreː.di.tor/, [ˈkreːd̪ɪt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.di.tor/, [ˈkrɛːd̪it̪or]
Noun edit
crēditor m (genitive crēditōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | crēditor | crēditōrēs |
Genitive | crēditōris | crēditōrum |
Dative | crēditōrī | crēditōribus |
Accusative | crēditōrem | crēditōrēs |
Ablative | crēditōre | crēditōribus |
Vocative | crēditor | crēditōrēs |
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “creditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “creditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- creditor 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)
- creditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the creditor: creditor, or is cui debeo
- the creditor: creditor, or is cui debeo
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French créditeur.
Noun edit
creditor m (plural creditori)
Declension edit
Declension of creditor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) creditor | creditorul | (niște) creditori | creditorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) creditor | creditorului | (unor) creditori | creditorilor |
vocative | creditorule | creditorilor |