simulator

See also: Simulator and simulátor

English

Etymology

From simulate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪtə(ɹ)/

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Noun

simulator (plural simulators)

1. One who simulates or feigns.
   • 1858, Thomas De Quincey, “Schlosser's Literary History of the Eighteenth Century”, in De Quincey's works, page 82:

     Even confessing to a crime, the man may be mad, or a knavish simulator.

2. A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.
   • 1947 February 21, “Instruments Are Released From Rocket By Parachute in a Jump of 68 Miles”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The dummy rocket is being developed to permit the ground testing of missile controls. By the use of this “flight simulator” the control devices of missiles can be subjected to operational tests on the ground, thus reducing the need for expensive flight tests.

   • 2020 March 11, “Network News: Driver training on Trafford Park line”, in Rail, page 15:

     Classroom sessions for drivers are under way, with each driver requiring a full day on the simulator before they then test a tram on the £350 million new line.

3. (video games) A game that attempts to reproduce an experience realistically.

   a pinball simulator

   • 2007, David Lester, How They Started:

     While writing for Mastertronic, David had seen that sales figures were much better for 'simulators' compared to less realistic games […]

Derived terms

• city simulator
• dating simulator
• murder simulator
• simulator sickness
• space simulator
• walking simulator

 

Related terms

• simulation

Translations

One who simulates or feigns

• Bulgarian: симулант (bg) m (simulant)
• Polish: symulant (pl) m, symulantka f

machine or system

• Belarusian: сімулятар (simuljatar)
• Bulgarian: симулатор m (simulator)
• Catalan: simulador (ca) m
• Czech: trenažér (cs) m, simulátor m
• Esperanto: simulilo
• Estonian: simulaator (et)
• Finnish: simulaattori (fi)
• French: simulateur (fr) m
• German: Simulator (de) m
• Greek: προσομοιωτής (el) (prosomoiotís)
• Hungarian: szimulátor (hu)
• Italian: simulatore (it) m
• Malay: penyelaku
• Mandarin: 模拟器 (zh) (mónǐqì)
• Polish: symulator (pl) m, imitator (pl) m, trenażer (pl) m
• Portuguese: simulador m
• Russian: симулятор (ru) (simuljator), тренажёр (ru) (trenažór)
• Spanish: simulador (es) m
• Ukrainian: тренажер (trenažer)

Latin

Etymology

simulō +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /si.muˈlaː.tor/, [s̠ɪmʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.muˈla.tor/, [simuˈläːt̪or]

Noun

simulātor m (genitive simulātōris); third declension

1. copier, imitator
2. hypocrite, pretender, phoney

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	simulātor	simulātōrēs
Genitive	simulātōris	simulātōrum
Dative	simulātōrī	simulātōribus
Accusative	simulātōrem	simulātōrēs
Ablative	simulātōre	simulātōribus
Vocative	simulātor	simulātōrēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: simulador
• → French: simulateur
• → Galician: simulador
• → Italian: simulatore
• → Occitan: simulador
• → Portuguese: simulador
• → Spanish: simulador

Verb

simulātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of simulō

References

• “simulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “simulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• simulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French simulateur. Equivalent to simula +‎ -tor.

Noun

simulator n (plural simulatoare)

1. simulator

Declension

Declension of simulator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) simulator	simulatorul	(niște) simulatoare	simulatoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) simulator	simulatorului	(unor) simulatoare	simulatoarelor
vocative	simulatorule		simulatoarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simǔlaːtor/
• Hyphenation: si‧mu‧la‧tor

Noun

simùlātor m (Cyrillic spelling симу̀ла̄тор)

1. simulator

Declension

Declension of simulator

	singular	plural
nominative	simulator	simulatori
genitive	simulatora	simulatora
dative	simulatoru	simulatorima
accusative	simulator	simulatore
vocative	simulatoru	simulatori
locative	simulatoru	simulatorima
instrumental	simulatorom	simulatorima