possessor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- possesser
- possessour (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [pʰəˈzɛsə(ɹ)]
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
possessor (plural possessors)
- Agent noun of possess; one who possesses
- Antonym: (linguistics) possessum
Translations edit
One who possesses
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /posˈses.sor/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɛs̠ːɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /posˈses.sor/, [posˈsɛsːor]
Noun edit
possessor m (genitive possessōris, feminine possestrīx); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | possessor | possessōrēs |
Genitive | possessōris | possessōrum |
Dative | possessōrī | possessōribus |
Accusative | possessōrem | possessōrēs |
Ablative | possessōre | possessōribus |
Vocative | possessor | possessōrēs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: possessor
- English: possessor
- French: possesseur
- Galician: posesor
- Italian: possessore
- Occitan: possessor
- Portuguese: possessor
- Spanish: posesor
References edit
- “possessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “possessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- possessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧sor
Noun edit
possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessora, feminine plural possessoras)