deviator

English

Etymology

From deviate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdivieɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːvieɪtə/

Noun

deviator (plural deviators)

1. That which deviates, or causes deviation
   • 2007 April 29, Jon Meacham, “Friends of Winston”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     For Tories like Cartland, deviating from the Chamberlain line was seen as betrayal, not disagreement, and the deviators were subjected to raw schoolboy pressure.

Derived terms

• deviatoric

Translations

1. That which deviates, or causes deviation

• German: Abweichler (de) m

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.u̯iˈaː.tor/, [d̪eːu̯iˈäːt̪ɔr]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.viˈa.tor/, [d̪eviˈäːt̪or]

Verb

dēviātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēviō

References

• “deviator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deviator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déviateur. By surface analysis, devia +‎ -tor.

Noun

deviator m (plural deviatori)

1. diverter

Declension

Declension of deviator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) deviator	deviatorul	(niște) deviatori	deviatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) deviator	deviatorului	(unor) deviatori	deviatorilor
vocative	deviatorule		deviatorilor