ablator

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English

Etymology

From ablate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /æˈbleɪt.ɚ/, /æˈbleɪt.ə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æˈbleɪt.əː/
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

ablator (plural ablators)

A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades. [Mid 20^th century.]^[1]

Translations

Translations

Dutch: ablatief materiaal n, hitteschild (nl) n

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams

Baratol, Bortala, abortal

Latin

Etymology

From ablātus, perfect passive participle of auferō (“carry off, take away”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈlaː.tor/, [äbˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈla.tor/, [äbˈläːt̪or]

Noun

ablātor m (genitive ablātōris); third declension

One who takes away.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ablātor	ablātōrēs
genitive	ablātōris	ablātōrum
dative	ablātōrī	ablātōribus
accusative	ablātōrem	ablātōrēs
ablative	ablātōre	ablātōribus
vocative	ablātor	ablātōrēs

Related terms

Descendants

English: ablator
Portuguese: ablator

References

“ablator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ablator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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