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. (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

   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
• preditor

 

Translations

person who edits

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر‎ m (muḥarrir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxärrir)
• Bulgarian: редактор m (redaktor)
• 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
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Hebrew: עורך‎
• 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 (henshūsha)
• Korean: 편집인 (ko) (pyeonjibin), 편자 (pyeonja)
• Latin: editor (la)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Maori: ētita
• Nepali: सम्पादक (sampādaka)
• Norwegian: redaktør m
• Persian: ویرایشگر‎ (fa) (virâyešgar), ویراستار‎ (fa) (virâstâr)
• Polish: redaktor (pl) m
• 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
• Spanish: editor (es) m, editora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c, redaktris c (female)
• 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, (Canada) réviseur (fr) m
• Greek: επιμελητής (el) m (epimelitís)
• Irish: eagarthóir m

• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Persian: ویرایشگر‎ (fa) (virâyešgar)
• 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

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر‎ m (muḥarrir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxärrir)
• Bulgarian: редактор m (redaktor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯 (zh), 编辑 (zh) (biānjí)

• Czech: redaktor (cs) m
• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m, krantenredacteur m
• Finnish: toimittaja (fi), päätoimittaja (fi)
• French: éditeur (fr) m
• German: Redakteur (de) m, Redakteurin (de) f
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Indonesian: editor (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m

• Italian: curatore (it) m, curatrice (it) f, redattore (it) m, redattrice f
• Japanese: 編集者 (henshūsha)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Norwegian: redaktør m
• Persian: ویرایشگر‎ (fa) (virâyešgar)
• 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
• Spanish: director (es) m, directora (es) f, redactor m, redactora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c
• Turkish: editör (tr)

machine for editing film

• Finnish: filmileikkuri
• French: monteuse (fr) m
• 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

• Bulgarian: редактор m (redaktor)
• Czech: editor (cs) m
• Dutch: editor (nl) m, tekstverwerker (nl) m
• Finnish: editori (fi)
• German: Editor (de) m, Texteditor (de) m
• Icelandic: ritill (is) m, textaritill m
• Indonesian: editor (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: editor (it)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit

• Maori: pūwhakatika
• Norwegian: 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)
• Spanish: editor (es) m
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redigerare (sv) c, texteditor (sv) c

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
• Indonesian: editor (id), pengedit (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: montador m, montadora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: editör (tr)

References

Anagrams

• dotier, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode

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Catalan

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

From English editor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Verb

editor

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

Etymology 2

From ēdō (“to give out”), from e- (“out”) + dō (“give”).

Verb

ēditor

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

Etymology 3

From ēdo +‎ -tor.

Noun

ēditor m (genitive ēditōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) editor, publisher

References

• editor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• editor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ðiˈtoɾ/

Noun

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

1. editor (person who edits)
2. publisher (one who publishes, especially books)
3. (computer software) editor (program for modifying text files)

Related terms

• editar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ediˈtoɾ/, [eðiˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

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

1. editor

Related terms

• editar