prospector
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈspɛktə/
- Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑsˌpɛktɚ/
- Hyphenation: pros‧pec‧tor
Noun edit
prospector (plural prospectors)
- A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Mars Ruins Codex entry:
- The south polar region of Promethei Planum developed a Bermuda Triangle reputation. Satellites detected intermittent mass concentrations and magnetic field shifts. In 2148, prospectors working near Deseado Crater discovered an underground complex: a Prothean observation post. The odd phenomena were generated by the operation and discharge of a mass effect core, struggling to function despite fifty millennia of neglect.
Translations edit
person
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Latin edit
Verb edit
prōspector
References edit
- “prospector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prospector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- prospector in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French prospecteur.
Noun edit
prospector m (plural prospectori)
Declension edit
Declension of prospector
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) prospector | prospectorul | (niște) prospectori | prospectorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) prospector | prospectorului | (unor) prospectori | prospectorilor |
vocative | prospectorule | prospectorilor |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
prospector m (plural prospectores, feminine prospectora, feminine plural prospectoras)
Further reading edit
- “prospector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014