interrogator

English

Etymology

interrogate +‎ -or

Noun

interrogator (plural interrogators)

1. One who interrogates; a person who asks questions; a questioner.
2. A device that requests data from another device.
   • 2002, Mark Beaulieu, Wireless Internet applications and architecture (page 126)

     Any RFID interrogator within 30 meters can read an RFID tag in active mode.

Synonyms

• questioner
• inquirer
• inquisitor

Related terms

• interrogate
• interrogation

Translations

one who interrogates, a questioner

• Arabic: سَائِل‎ m (sāʾil), سَائِلَة‎ f (sāʾila)
• Bulgarian: разпитващ (bg) m (razpitvašt)
• French: interrogateur (fr) m, interrogatrice (fr) f
• Georgian: დამკითხველი (damḳitxveli)
• German: Fragender m, Fragende f, Fragesteller (de) m, Fragestellerin (de) f

• Greek: ανακριτής (el) m (anakritís)
• Latin: percontātor m
• Portuguese: interrogador m
• Spanish: interrogador (es) m

Further reading

• Interrogation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

From interrogō (“inquire, interrogate; argue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.roˈɡaː.tor/, [ɪn̪.t̪ɛr.rɔˈɡaː.t̪ɔr]

Noun

interrogātor m (genitive interrogātōris); third declension

1. An interrogator.
2. A wizard.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	interrogātor	interrogātōrēs
Genitive	interrogātōris	interrogātōrum
Dative	interrogātōrī	interrogātōribus
Accusative	interrogātōrem	interrogātōrēs
Ablative	interrogātōre	interrogātōribus
Vocative	interrogātor	interrogātōrēs

Derived terms

• interrogātōrius

Related terms

• interrogāmentum
• interroganter
• interrogātiō
• interrogātiuncula

• interrogātīvē
• interrogātīvus
• interrogō

Descendants

• French: interrogateur
• Italian: interrogatore

References

• interrogator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interrogator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette