-ator

See also: ator, -atör, -átor, and -ător

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor or -ate +‎ -or.

Suffix

-ator

1. Used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ator

Arianator

buccinator

calorizator

capacitator

conjugator

geolocator

improvisator

levator

lowerator

monochromator

performator

plasticator

radiendocrinator

recombinator

Selenator

sequestrator

Siwanator

speculator

stellarator

trafficator

• -atory

Related terms

• abbreviator
• abrogator
• administrator
• annihilator
• -ate
• -ation
• communicator
• corroborator
• curator
• decimator
• demonstrator
• devastator
• emancipator
• equivocator
• inaugurator
• incubator
• innovator
• interrogator
• orator
• procurator
• renovator
• respirator
• reverberator
• spectator
• ventilator
• vibrator

Further reading

• “-ator”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• aort-, oart, RATO, Taro, Roat, Rato, rato, rota, Rota, Orta, taro

Danish

Alternative forms

• -tor
• -itor
• -sor
• -ssor

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Suffix

-ator c

1. used to form agent nouns

   Coordinate term: -er

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -ator

rollator

References

• “-ator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from Latin -ātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tɔr/

• Audio:

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Suffix

-ator

1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -eren

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -ator

carburator

coördinator

emulgator

focalisator

illustrator

indicator

inspirator

presentator

reformator

registrator

stabilisator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tor/, [ˈäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tor/, [ˈäːt̪or]

Etymology 1

By rebracketing of words formed from first conjugation verbs, such as cūrātor (cūrāre + -tor), where -ā- is part of the stem.

Suffix

-ātor

1. Enlarged form of -tor, used to form agent nouns; -ator, -er

   ‎gladius (“sword”) + ‎-ātor → ‎gladiātor (“gladiator”)

   ‎malleus (“hammer”) + ‎-ātor → ‎malleātor (“hammerer”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-ātor	-ātōrēs
genitive	-ātōris	-ātōrum
dative	-ātōrī	-ātōribus
accusative	-ātōrem	-ātōrēs
ablative	-ātōre	-ātōribus
vocative	-ātor	-ātōrēs

Descendants

• → Old Irish: -atóir
  • Irish: -adóir
• → Norwegian: -ator

See also

• -or
• -tor (-sor)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Suffix

-ator m

1. used to form nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ator

absorbator

stabilisator

References

• “-ator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-ator” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Derived from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”).

Suffix

-ator m

1. used to form nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ator

stabilisator

References

• “-ator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-tōrder.

Latin -tor

Latin -ātorlbor.

Polish -ator

Learned borrowing from Latin -ātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-ator m pers

1. forms masculine agentitive nouns, usually professions

   ‎adiustacja + ‎-ator → ‎adiustator

Declension

Declension of -ator

	singular	plural
nominative	-ator	-atorzy/-atory (deprecative)
genitive	-atora	-atorów
dative	-atorowi	-atorom
accusative	-atora	-atorów
instrumental	-atorem	-atorami
locative	-atorze	-atorach
vocative	-atorze	-atorzy

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ator

abrewiator

acetator

adaptator

adiustator

administrator

adorator

aerator

agitator

akcelerator

akompaniator

aktywator

aktywizator

alimentator

amortyzator

analizator

aprowizator

archaizator

asekurator

asenizator

aspirator

asymilator

atomizator

beletryzator

degustator

deklamator

detonator

egzaminator

eskalator

humanizator

katalizator

kolonizator

kombinator

kwalifikator

motywator

niwelator

paralizator

popularyzator

rekuperator

rezonator

sanator

synchronizator

syntezator

tatuator

terminator

windykator

Further reading

• -ator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ator (Cyrillic spelling -атор)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin.

See also

• -or