stentor

See also: Stentor

English

A stentor (prozoan),
Stentor polymorphus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

stentor (plural stentors)

1. A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
   • 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicoene Act IV, Scene II, 1989, Johanna Procter (editor), The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson, Volume 1, page 381,

     Rogues, hellhounds, Stentors, out of my doors, you sons of noise and tumult, begot on an ill May Day, or when the galley-foist is afloat to Westminster!

2. Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
   • 1894, James H. Logan, Observations on Amœba and Stentor: Western Druggist, volume 16, page 7:

     Ere long a solitary amœba and stentor were found engaged in a struggle, which continued for some time with varying success, finally ending with the escape of the latter.

   • 1943, The Biological Review, volumes 5-18, page 15:

     When the stentors become too numerous it is a simple matter to subdivide the culture and add the requisite amount of spring water to each culture.

   • 2004, Helen Saul, Phobias: Fighting the Fear, page 42:

     It can be an irritant even for humans and is certainly toxic to tiny animals like stentor. He added carmine to the water tank in which the stentor was living, and simply watched to see what happened.

3. A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
   • 1956, College and University Business, volume 21, page 65:

     The unit is completely automatic in operation and tower stentors, matching the power output of the amplifier, are provided for roof or tower mounting.

4. A howler monkey.

Derived terms

• stentorian

Anagrams

• snotter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛ̃.tɔʁ/

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Noun

stentor m (plural stentors)

1. stentor

   une voix de stentor ― a stentorian voice

Further reading

• “stentor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stentor.

Noun

stentor m (plural stentori)

1. stentor

Declension

Declension of stentor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) stentor	stentorul	(niște) stentori	stentorii
genitive/dative	(unui) stentor	stentorului	(unor) stentori	stentorilor
vocative	stentorule		stentorilor