erector
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- erectour (obsolete, rare)
Etymology edit
From Latin ērigō (“I raise up, elevate, lift”).
Noun edit
erector (plural erectors)
- A person who, or a device which erects.
- 2014, Mike Riley, Alison Cotgrave, Construction Technology 2: Industrial and Commercial Building:
- At this stage of the construction process the only people on the site would normally be groundworkers and the steel erectors, followed by the roof cladders.
- (anatomy) Any of several muscles that make parts of the body erect.
- An attachment to a microscope, telescope, etc. for making the image erect instead of inverted.
- (astronautics) A vehicle used to support a rocket for transportation and for placing the rocket in an upright position within a gantry scaffold.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French érecteur.
Noun edit
erector n (plural erectori)
Declension edit
Declension of erector
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) erector | erectorul | (niște) erectori | erectorile |
genitive/dative | (unui) erector | erectorului | (unor) erectori | erectorilor |
vocative | erectorule | erectorilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
erector (feminine erectora, masculine plural erectores, feminine plural erectoras)
Noun edit
erector m (plural erectores)
Further reading edit
- “erector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014