destructor
English Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
destructor (plural destructors)
- One who destructs.
- A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
- (object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.
Translations Edit
one who destructs
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cleaning-up commands in object oriented programming
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See also Edit
Anagrams Edit
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin dēstrūctor.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
destructor m (plural destructors)
- destructor (someone who destructs)
- (computing) destructor
- destroyer warship
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “destructor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “destructor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “destructor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “destructor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːsˈtruːk.tor/, [d̪eːs̠ˈt̪ruːkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /desˈtruk.tor/, [d̪esˈt̪rukt̪or]
Noun Edit
dēstrūctor m (genitive dēstrūctōris); third declension
Declension Edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | dēstrūctor | dēstrūctōrēs |
Genitive | dēstrūctōris | dēstrūctōrum |
Dative | dēstrūctōrī | dēstrūctōribus |
Accusative | dēstrūctōrem | dēstrūctōrēs |
Ablative | dēstrūctōre | dēstrūctōribus |
Vocative | dēstrūctor | dēstrūctōrēs |
Descendants Edit
- Catalan: destructor
- French: destructeur
- Spanish: destructor
References Edit
- “destructor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- destructor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French destructeur.
Noun Edit
destructor m (plural destructori)
Declension Edit
Declension of destructor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) destructor | destructorul | (niște) destructori | destructorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) destructor | destructorului | (unor) destructori | destructorilor |
vocative | destructorule | destructorilor |
Spanish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin dēstrūctor.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructores, feminine plural destructoras)
Noun Edit
destructor m (plural destructores, feminine destructora, feminine plural destructoras)
Noun Edit
destructor m (plural destructores)
- destroyer (warship)
Hypernyms Edit
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “destructor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014