transgressor

English

Alternative forms

• transgressour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English transgressour, from Anglo-Norman transgressour, from Latin transgressor. Equivalent to transgress +‎ -or.

Noun

transgressor (plural transgressors)

1. Someone who transgresses.

Related terms

• transgression
• transgressive

Translations

someone who transgresses

• Catalan: transgressor m, transgressora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Egyptian: (thw)
• Finnish: väärintekijä, rikkoja (fi), lainrikkoja (fi)
• French: transgresseur (fr) m, transgresseuse (fr) f
• Galician: transgresor m, transgresora f
• German: Übertreter m (rare)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: coireach m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: kairāmua
• Middle English: breker, transgressour
• Portuguese: transgressor (pt)
• Romanian: transgresor m, transgresoare f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: transgresor (es) m, transgresora f

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /transˈɡres.sor/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠ˈɡrɛs̠ːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /transˈɡres.sor/, [t̪ränsˈɡrɛsːor]

Noun

trānsgressor m (genitive trānsgressōris); third declension

1. transgressor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trānsgressor	trānsgressōrēs
Genitive	trānsgressōris	trānsgressōrum
Dative	trānsgressōrī	trānsgressōribus
Accusative	trānsgressōrem	trānsgressōrēs
Ablative	trānsgressōre	trānsgressōribus
Vocative	trānsgressor	trānsgressōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: transgressor
• French: transgresseur
• Galician: transgresor
• Italian: trasgressore
• Portuguese: transgressor
• Spanish: transgresor

References

• “transgressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• transgressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

transgressor

1. Alternative form of transgressour

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsgressōrem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oɾ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾeˈsoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾeˈsoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾɨˈsoɾ/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɣɾɨˈsoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾɨˈsoɾ/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɣɾɨˈsoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾɨˈso.ɾi/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɣɾɨˈso.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: trans‧gres‧sor

Noun

transgressor m (plural transgressores, feminine transgressora, feminine plural transgressoras)

1. offender; transgressor (a person who commits an offence)

Adjective

transgressor (feminine transgressora, masculine plural transgressores, feminine plural transgressoras)

1. transgressing (acting in violation of a rule)

Related terms

• transgredir

Further reading

• “transgressor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.