senator

See also: Senator and senátor

English

Alternative forms

• senatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”), equivalent to senate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sen‧a‧tor

Noun

senator (plural senators)

1. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
   • 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31

     It was disbanded when Derrick was only six, after that grouchy old ultra-Libertarian Senator Timothy de Illy made “welfare hotel for Third-World nations” a household catchphrase.

   • 2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep‎^[1], New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78:

     I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty.

2. (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
3. (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
4. (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
5. A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth,
     And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators.

6. (obsolete) An important church official.
7. In Germany, a minister of the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; and a government official of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League.

Coordinate terms

• congressman, congresswoman
• MP

Related terms

• senate
• senatress
• senatrix

Translations

member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate

• Afrikaans: senator
• Albanian: senator (sq) m
• Arabic: سِنَاتُور m (sinātūr)
• Armenian: սենատոր (hy) (senator)
• Azerbaijani: senator
• Basque: senatari (eu)
• Belarusian: сена́тар m (sjenátar)
• Bengali: সিনেটার (śineṭar)
• Bulgarian: сена́тор m (senátor)
• Catalan: senador (ca) m, senadora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 參議員 / 参议员 (zh) (cānyìyuán)

• Czech: senátor (cs) m, senátorka f
• Danish: senator c
• Dutch: senator (nl) m
• Esperanto: senatano, senatanino (female)
• Estonian: senaator
• Finnish: senaattori (fi)
• French: sénateur (fr) m, sénatrice (fr) f
• Galician: senador (gl) m, senadora f
• Georgian: სენატორი (senaṭori)
• German: Senator (de) m, Senatorin (de) f
• Greek: γερουσιαστής (el) m (gerousiastís)
• Hawaiian: kenekoa
• Hebrew: סֵנָטוֹר / סנאטור (he) m (senator), סנאטורית f (senatorit)
• Hindi: सीनेटर m (sīneṭar)
• Hungarian: szenátor (hu)
• Hunsrik: Sënatoer m
• Icelandic: öldungaráðsmaður m
• Igbo: asogwa, senētọ̄
• Indonesian: senator (id)
• Irish: seanadóir m
• Italian: senatore (it) m, senatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 上院議員 (じょういんぎいん, jōin giin)
• Kazakh: сенатор (senator)
• Korean: 상원의원(上院議員) (sang'wonuiwon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: senator (ku)

• Kyrgyz: сенатор (ky) (senator)
• Latin: senātor m, senātrīx f
• Latvian: senators m
• Lithuanian: senatorius m
• Macedonian: сена́тор m (senátor), сена́торка m (senátorka)
• Norman: sénateu m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: senator (no) m

  Nynorsk: senator m

• Persian: سناتور (fa) (senâtor)
• Polish: senator (pl) m, senatorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: senador (pt) m, senadora f
• Romanian: senator (ro) m, senatoare f
• Russian: сена́тор (ru) m (senátor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сѐна̄тор m

  Roman: sènātor (sh) m

• Slovak: senátor m, senátorka f
• Slovene: senator (sl) m, senatorka f
• Sotho: mosenate
• Spanish: senador (es) m, senadora f
• Swahili: seneta
• Swedish: senator (sv) c
• Tagalog: senador (tl)
• Thai: สมาชิกวุฒิสภา (th) (sà-maa-chík-wút-tí-sà-paa), วุฒิสมาชิก (th) (wút-tí-sà-maa-chík), ส.ว. (th) (sɔ̌ɔ.wɔɔ.)
• Turkish: senatör (tr)
• Turkmen: senator
• Ukrainian: сена́тор m (senátor)
• Urdu: سنٹر m (sineṭar)
• Uzbek: senator (uz)
• Vietnamese: nghị sĩ (vi), thượng nghị sĩ (vi)
• Welsh: seneddwr
• Yiddish: סענאַטאָר m (senator)
• Yoruba: aṣòfin-àgbà, sẹ́nétọ̀

historic: position in government of ancient Rome

• Belarusian: сена́тар m (sjenátar)
• Bulgarian: сена́тор m (senátor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元老 (zh) (yuánlǎo)

• Danish: senator c
• Dutch: senator (nl) m
• Esperanto: senatano
• Finnish: senaattori (fi)
• Galician: senador (gl) m
• Georgian: სენატორი (senaṭori)
• Greek: συγκλητικός (el) (sygklitikós)
• Hebrew: סֵנָטוֹר / סנאטור (he) m (senator)
• Indonesian: senator (id)
• Irish: seanadóir m

  Old Irish: senatóir m

• Latin: senātor m
• Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥 (sāntōr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: senator (no) m

  Nynorsk: senator m

• Parthian: 𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓 (sānatōr [sʾntwr])
• Persian: سناتور (fa) (senâtor)
• Romanian: senator (ro) m
• Russian: сена́тор (ru) m (senátor)
• Slovene: senator (sl) m
• Swedish: senator (sv) c
• Ukrainian: сена́тор m (senátor)

References

• “senator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• Senate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Santore, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, roneats, rotanes, santero, seatron, tenoras, treason

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)

1. (politics) senator

Related terms

• senaat
• senatoriaal

Descendants

• → Indonesian: senator

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch senator, from Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ˈna.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -tɔr
• Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

senator (plural senator-senator)

1. senator:
   1. (government) a member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada
   2. (historical) a member of the ancient Roman Senate
   3. (historical) a member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world
   4. a member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman

Related terms

• senat
• senior

Further reading

• “senator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ladin

Noun

senator f (plural senatores)

1. (politics) senator

Latin

Etymology

From senātus (“senate”) +‎ -tor, originally from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈnaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈnaː.t̪or]

Noun

senātor m (genitive senātōris, feminine senātrīx); third declension

1. (politics) senator (a member of the Roman Senate)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	senātor	senātōrēs
genitive	senātōris	senātōrum
dative	senātōrī	senātōribus
accusative	senātōrem	senātōrēs
ablative	senātōre	senātōribus
vocative	senātor	senātōrēs

Derived terms

• senāculum
• senātōrius
• senātrīx

Related terms

• senātus
• seneciō
• senectus
• seneō
• senex

Descendants

• English: senator
• French: sénateur
  • → Romanian: senator
  • → Turkish: senatör
• Galician: senador
• Irish: seanadóir
• Italian: senatore
• Middle Iranian: (As title of Roman politicians)

  Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓 (sʾntwr /⁠sāntūr⁠/)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥 (sʾntwr /⁠sāntōr⁠/)

• Norman: sénateu
• Portuguese: senador
• Russian: сена́тор (senátor)
• Sicilian: sinaturi
• Spanish: senador
• Welsh: henadur

References

• “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)

1. (politics) senator

Related terms

• senat

References

• “senator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)

1. (politics) senator

Related terms

• senat

References

• “senator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin senātor.

Noun

senator oblique singular, m (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)

1. senator (in Ancient Rome)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin senātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈna.tɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: se‧na‧tor

Noun

senator m pers (female equivalent senatorka, related adjective senatorski)

1. (government, politics) senator (a member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)

   Hypernym: parlamentarzysta

2. (government, historical) senator (a member of an assembly of higher secular and clerical officials in the Kingdom of Poland or the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
3. (government) senator (a member of a local parliament in each of the states of the United States of America)
4. (Ancient Rome, government, historical) senator (a member of the Roman Senate)
5. (government) senator (a member of a city council in some cities)
6. (education) senator (a member of a college made up of the rector, vice-rectors, deans, and representatives of academic staff, students, and administrative staff, holding leadership positions at a university)
7. (zoology) older and strong male in a group of baboons

Declension

Declension of senator

	singular	plural
nominative	senator	senatorzy/senatorowie/senatory (deprecative)
genitive	senatora	senatorów
dative	senatorowi	senatorom
accusative	senatora	senatorów
instrumental	senatorem	senatorami
locative	senatorze	senatorach
vocative	senatorze	senatorzy/senatorowie/senatory (deprecative)

Derived terms

nouns

• senatorostwo
• senatorstwo

Related terms

adjective

• senacki

nouns

• senat
• Senat
• senatoria

Further reading

• senator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• senator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• senator in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French sénateur, Latin senātor.

Noun

senator m (plural senatori, feminine equivalent senatoare or senatrice)

1. (politics) senator

Declension

Declension of senator

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	senator	senatorul		senatori	senatorii
genitive-dative	senator	senatorului		senatori	senatorilor
vocative	senatorule			senatorilor

Related terms

• senat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sènāt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěnaːtor/
• Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)

1. (politics) senator

Declension

Declension of senator

	singular	plural
nominative	senator	senatori
genitive	senatora	senatora
dative	senatoru	senatorima
accusative	senatora	senatore
vocative	senatore	senatori
locative	senatoru	senatorima
instrumental	senatorom	senatorima

References

• “senator”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Noun

senator c

1. (politics) senator (a member of a senate)

Declension

Declension of senator

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	senator	senators
	definite	senatorn	senatorns
plural	indefinite	senatorer	senatorers
	definite	senatorerna	senatorernas

Anagrams

• noteras, sotaren