translator
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
- A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
- Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.
- A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium.
- A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card.
- A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference.
- A program that converts commands from one computer language into another.
- Synonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
- Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
- A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
- Synonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
- A thing that converts energy from one form to another.
Pronunciation
/ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/
/ˈtɹænsleɪtɚ/
/ˌtɹænzˈleɪtɚ/
[ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪtʰɚ]
[ˌtʰɹænzˈleɪɾɚ]
/ˌtɹænsˈleɪtɚ/
/ˈtɹanzleɪtə/
/ˈtɹɑːnzleɪtə/
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Word forms
translator
translators
tr.
trans.
transl.
translater
translatour
translatoure
traunslatour
translacttor
translature
translatar
translatare
Etymology
Directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.
Derived words
machine translator
Translations
Afrikaans: vertaler
Afrikaans: vertaalster
Albanian: përkthyes
Albanian: përkthyese
Amharic: አስተርጓሚ
Arabic: مُتَرْجِم
Arabic: مُتَرْجِمَة
Arabic: تُرْجُمَان
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܵܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܬܵܐ
Armenian: թարգմանիչ
Assamese: ভাঙনি কৰোঁতা
Assamese: অনুবাদক
Asturian: traductor
Azerbaijani: tərcüməçi
Azerbaijani: mütərcim
Bashkir: тәржемәсе
Basque: itzultzaile
Belarusian: перакла́дчык
Belarusian: перакла́дчыца
Bengali: অনুবাদক
Breton: troour
Bulgarian: превода́ч
Bulgarian: превода́чка
Burmese: ဘာသာပြန်
Burmese: ဘာသာပြန်သူ
Catalan: traductor
Catalan: traductora
Chechen: гочдархо
Chinese Mandarin: 譯者 /译者
Chinese Mandarin: 譯員 /译员
Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯 /翻译
Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯員 /翻译员
Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯者 /翻译者
Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯家 /翻译家
Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯官 /翻译官
Ngazidja Comorian: mtafsiri
Czech: překladatel
Czech: překladatelka
Danish: oversætter
Danish: tolk
Dutch: vertaler
Dutch: vertaalster
Elfdalian: yvyrsetter
Esperanto: tradukisto
Esperanto: virtradukisto
Esperanto: tradukistino
Esperanto: tradukanto
Esperanto: virtradukanto
Esperanto: tradukantino
Esperanto: (neut.) tradukilo
Estonian: tõlk
Faroese: týðari
Faroese: tolkur
Faroese: umsetari
Finnish: kääntäjä
French: traducteur
French: traductrice
West-Frisian: oersetter
Galician: tradutor
Galician: tradutora
Georgian: მთარგმნელი
Georgian: თარჯიმანი
German: Übersetzer
German: Übersetzerin
Greek: μεταφραστής
Greek: μεταφράστρια
Greek: μηχανικός μεταφραστής
Ancient Greek: μεταφραστής
Greenlandic: nutserisoq
Gujarati: અનુવાદક
Hawaiian: mea unuhi
Hebrew: מְתַרְגֵּם
Hebrew: מְתַרְגֶּמֶת
Hindi: अनुवादक
Hindi: भाषांतरकार
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