editor

See also: Editor

English

Alternative forms

• ed., edit. (abbreviations)
• Ed. (titular abbreviation)
• editour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtə/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• (General American)
  • (formal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtəɹ/, [ˈɛˑdɪtɚ]
  • (lax) IPA^(key): [ˈɛˑɾɪɾɚ]

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

• Hyphenation: ed‧i‧tor

Noun

editor (plural editors)

1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
2. A copy editor.
3. A person who edited a specific document.

   John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.

4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

   John is the city editor at the Daily Times.

5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
6. (computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

   Hyponym: text editor

   The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.

7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Derived terms

• copy editor
• edit
• editorial
• editorializing
• editor in chief
• flatbed editor
• photo editor
• preditor

 

Translations

person who edits

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر‎ m (muḥarrir)
• Armenian: խմբագիր (hy) (xmbagir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxärrir)
• Belarusian: рэда́ктар m (redáktar), рэда́ктарка f (redáktarka)
• Bulgarian: реда́ктор m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Catalan: editor (ca) m, editora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯 (zh), 编辑 (zh) (biānjí)

• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m
• Esperanto: redaktoro (eo), redaktisto (eo)
• Finnish: muokkaaja (fi)
• French: rédacteur (fr) m
• Galician: editor (gl) m
• Georgian: რედაქტორი (ka) (redakṭori)
• German: Herausgeber (de) m, Editor (de) m, Redakteur (de) m, Schriftleiter m (dated), Redaktor (de) m (Swiss)
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Hebrew: עוֹרֵךְ‎ m (orékh)
• Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu)
• Ido: redaktanto (io), redaktero (io), redaktisto (io)
• Indonesian: editor (id), pengedit (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: redattore (it)
• Japanese: 編集者 (へんしゅうしゃ, henshūsha)
• Kazakh: редактор (redaktor)
• Korean: 편집인(編輯人) (ko) (pyeonjibin), 편자(編者) (pyeonja)
• Kyrgyz: редактор (redaqtor)

• Latin: editor (la)
• Macedonian: реда́ктор m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Maori: ētita, kaiētita (mi)
• Nepali: सम्पादक (sampādak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: redaktør m

• Persian: ویرایشگر‎ (fa) (virâyešgar), ویراستار‎ (fa) (virâstâr)
• Polish: redaktor (pl) m, redaktorka (pl) f, edytor (pl) m, edytorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m, editora (pt) f
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, editoare (ro) f, redactor (ro) m, redactoare (ro) f
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh m or f, deasaiche m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀реднӣк m, рѐдактор m

  Roman: ùrednīk (sh) m, rèdaktor (sh) m

• Spanish: editor (es) m, editora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c, redaktris c (female)
• Tajik: муҳаррир (muharrir)
• Tigrinya: ኣርታዒ (ʾartaʿi)
• Turkish: muharrir (tr)
• Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Yiddish: רעדאַקטאָר‎ m (redaktor), רעדאַקטאָרין‎ f (redaktorin), רעדאַקטאָרשע‎ f (redaktorshe)

person who edited a specific document

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر‎ m (muḥarrir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxärrir)
• Finnish: editoija
• French: lecteur-correcteur m, correcteur (fr) m, réviseur (fr) m (Canada)
• Greek: επιμελητής (el) m (epimelitís)
• Irish: eagarthóir m

• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Persian: ویرایشگر‎ (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Polish: edytor (pl) m, edytorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, editoare (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche m, neach-deasachaidh m or f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)

newspaper editor

• Albanian: redaktor (sq) m
• Arabic: مُحَرِّر‎ m (muḥarrir), مُحَرِّرَة‎ f (muḥarrira)
• Armenian: խմբագիր (hy) (xmbagir)
• Azerbaijani: redaktor (az)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxärrir)
• Belarusian: рэда́ктар m (redáktar), рэда́ктарка f (redáktarka)
• Bengali: সম্পাদক (śômpadôk)
• Breton: embanner (br) m
• Bulgarian: реда́ктор m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Burmese: အယ်ဒီတာ (my) (aidita)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯 (zh), 编辑 (zh) (biānjí)

• Czech: redaktor (cs) m, redaktorka f
• Danish: redaktør c
• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m, krantenredacteur m
• Estonian: toimetaja
• Finnish: toimittaja (fi), päätoimittaja (fi)
• French: éditeur (fr) m, éditrice (fr) f
• Georgian: რედაქტორი (ka) (redakṭori)
• German: Redakteur (de) m, Redakteurin (de) f
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Hindi: संपादक (hi) m (sampādak)
• Icelandic: ritstjóri (is) m
• Indonesian: editor (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: curatore (it) m, curatrice (it) f, redattore (it) m, redattrice f
• Japanese: 編集者 (へんしゅうしゃ, henshūsha)
• Kazakh: редактор (redaktor)
• Khmer: បណ្ណាធិការ (km) (pannaathikaa)

• Korean: 편집자(編輯者) (ko) (pyeonjipja)
• Kyrgyz: редактор (redaqtor)
• Lao: ບັນນາທິການ (ban nā thi kān)
• Latvian: redaktors m
• Lithuanian: redaktorius m
• Macedonian: реда́ктор m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: redaktør m

• Persian: ویرایشگر‎ (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Polish: redaktor (pl) m, redaktorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: jornalista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, redactor (ro) m
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche m, neach-deasachaidh m or f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀реднӣк m, у̀редница f

  Roman: ùrednīk (sh) m, ùrednica (sh) f

• Slovak: redaktor m, redaktorka f
• Slovene: redaktor m, redaktorica f, urednik (sl) m, urednica f
• Spanish: director (es) m, directora (es) f, redactor m, redactora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c
• Tajik: муҳаррир (muharrir)
• Thai: บรรณาธิการ (ban-naa-tí-gaan)
• Turkish: editör (tr)
• Turkmen: redaktor
• Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Uzbek: muharrir (uz), redaktor (uz)

machine for editing film

• Finnish: filmileikkuri
• French: monteuse (fr) f
• Indonesian: editor (id)
• Italian: giuntatrice f
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit

• Persian: تدوینگر‎ (fa) (tadvingar)
• Romanian: monteză f, montator (ro) f
• Spanish: montador m, montadora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)

program for modifying text files

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر‎ m (muḥarrir)
• Belarusian: рэда́ктар m (redáktar)
• Bengali: সম্পাদক (śômpadôk)
• Bulgarian: реда́ктор m (redáktor)
• Burmese: အယ်ဒီတာ (my) (aidita)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯器 (zh), 编辑器 (zh) (biānjíqì)

• Czech: editor (cs) m
• Danish: editor c
• Dutch: editor (nl) m, tekstverwerker (nl) m
• Finnish: editori (fi)
• French: éditeur (fr) m
• German: Editor (de) m, Texteditor (de) m
• Hindi: संपादक (hi) m (sampādak)
• Icelandic: ritill (is) m, textaritill m
• Indonesian: editor (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: editor (it)

• Japanese: エディタ (edita), 編集機 (へんしゅうき, henshūki)
• Korean: 편집기(編輯機) (pyeonjipgi), 에디터 (editeo)
• Latvian: redaktors m
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Maori: pūwhakatika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: editor m

• Persian: ویرایشگر‎ (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Polish: edytor (pl) m, edytor tekstu (pl) m
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m
• Romanian: editor (ro) n
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Slovak: editor (sk) m
• Spanish: editor (es) m
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redigerare (sv) c, texteditor (sv) c, editor (sv) c
• Tigrinya: ዓራያይ (ʿarayay)
• Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m (redáktor)

someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: střihač m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: leikkaaja (fi), editoija
• French: monteur (fr) m, monteuse (fr) f
• Indonesian: editor (id), pengedit (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: montatore (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Persian: تدوینگر‎ (fa) (tadvingar)
• Polish: montażysta m, montażystka f
• Romanian: montor (ro) m, montoare (ro) f
• Russian: монтажёр (ru) m (montažór)
• Spanish: montador m, montadora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: editör (tr)

Anagrams

• doiter, dotier, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ēditor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.diˈto/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.diˈtoɾ/

Noun

editor m (plural editors, feminine editora)

1. editor

Further reading

• “editor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Noun

editor m

1. editor (computer program)

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Danish

Noun

editor c (singular definite editoren, plural indefinite editorer)

1. editor

Declension

Declension of editor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	editor	editoren	editorer	editorerne
genitive	editors	editorens	editorers	editorernes

Further reading

• “editor” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English editor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: edi‧tor

Noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English editor, from Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛditɔr/
• Hyphenation: èdi‧tor

Noun

èditor (first-person possessive editorku, second-person possessive editormu, third-person possessive editornya)

1. editor:
   1. a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

      Synonyms: pengedit, penyunting, redaktur

   2. (computing) a program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

Derived terms

• editor bahasa
• editor pengelola
• editor penyelia

 

Related terms

• edit
• editorial

 

Further reading

• “editor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Etymology 1

From ēdō +‎ -tor.

Noun

ēditor m (genitive ēditōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) editor, publisher

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēditor	ēditōrēs
Genitive	ēditōris	ēditōrum
Dative	ēditōrī	ēditōribus
Accusative	ēditōrem	ēditōrēs
Ablative	ēditōre	ēditōribus
Vocative	ēditor	ēditōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: editor
• Italian: editore
• Portuguese: editor
• Spanish: editor

Etymology 2

From edō (“I eat”).

Verb

editor

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

Etymology 3

From ēdō (“to give out”).

Verb

ēditor

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

References

• “editor”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• editor 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)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ēditor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/, [e.d͡ʒiˈtoh]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/, [e.d͡ʒiˈtoh]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /e.d͡ʒiˈtoɾ/, [e.d͡ʒiˈtoɾ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/, [e.d͡ʒiˈtoχ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /i.diˈtoɾ/, [i.ðiˈtoɾ]

• Hyphenation: e‧di‧tor

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor (person who edits)
2. publisher (person who publishes printed media)

Noun

editor m (plural editores)

1. (computer software) editor (program for modifying files, especially text files)

Related terms

• editorar
• editoria

Related terms

• editar
• editora
• editorial

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Romanian

Etymology

From French éditeur

Noun

editor m (plural editori)

1. editor

Declension

Declension of editor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) editor	editorul	(niște) editori	editorii
genitive/dative	(unui) editor	editorului	(unor) editori	editorilor
vocative	editorule		editorilor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēditor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ediˈtoɾ/, [e.ð̞iˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor

Derived terms

• editor de texto

 

Related terms

• editar

Further reading

• “editor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014