editor

See also: Editor

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

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

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

• Hyphenation: ed‧i‧tor

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

Terms derived from editor

• copy editor
• edit

• editorial
• editorializing

• editor in chief
• flatbed editor

• preditor

TranslationsEdit

person who edits

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر‏‎ m (muḥarrir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxärrir)
• Bulgarian: редактор m (redaktor)
• 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
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Hebrew: עורך‏‎
• Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu)
• Ido: redaktanto (io), redaktero (io), redaktisto (io)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: redattore (it)

• Japanese: 編集者 (henshūsha)
• Korean: 편집인 (ko) (pyeonjibin), 편자 (pyeonja)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Nepali: सम्पादक (sampādaka)
• Norwegian: redaktør m
• Persian: ویرایشگر‏‎ (fa) (virâyešgar), ویراستار‏‎ (fa) (virâstâr)
• Polish: redaktor (pl) m
• Portuguese: editor (pt), 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, f, deasaiche m
• Spanish: redactor m, redactora 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

• 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, 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)
• 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, f
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, redactor (ro) m
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche m, neach-deasachaidh m, f
• Spanish: director (es) m, directora (es) f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c
• Turkish: editör (tr)

machine for editing film

• French: monteuse (fr) m
• 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 m, tekstverwerker (nl) m
• Finnish: editori (fi)
• German: Editor (de) m, Texteditor (de) m
• Icelandic: ritill (is) m, textaritill m
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: editor (it)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit

• 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

• Czech: střihač m
• French: monteur (fr) m
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Persian: تدوینگر‏‎ (fa) (tadvingar)

• Polish: montażysta m, montażystka f
• Romanian: montor (ro) m, montoare (ro) f
• Spanish: montador m, montadora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Turkish: editör (tr)

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

• dotier, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

editor m (plural editors, feminine editora)

1. editor

Further readingEdit

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

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

editor m

1. editor (computer program)

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

EtymologyEdit

From English editor.

NounEdit

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

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LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

VerbEdit

editor

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

Etymology 2Edit

Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).

VerbEdit

ēditor

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

ReferencesEdit

• editor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “editor”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• editar

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora)

1. editor

Related termsEdit

• editar