admirator

English

Noun

admirator (plural admirators)

1. (archaic) An admirer; one who admires.

Latin

Etymology

From admīror +‎ -tor.

Noun

admīrātor m (genitive admīrātōris); third declension

1. admirer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	admīrātor	admīrātōrēs
genitive	admīrātōris	admīrātōrum
dative	admīrātōrī	admīrātōribus
accusative	admīrātōrem	admīrātōrēs
ablative	admīrātōre	admīrātōribus
vocative	admīrātor	admīrātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: admirador
• French: admirateur
• Galician: admirador
• Italian: ammiratore
• Portuguese: admirador
• Romanian: admirator
• Spanish: admirador

Verb

admīrātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of admīror

References

• “admirator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “admirator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "admirator", 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)
• admirator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin admīrātor. First attested in 1638.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.miˈra.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧tor

Noun

admirator m pers (female equivalent admiratorka)

1. admirer, lover (person who admires something)

   Synonyms: wielbiciel, miłośnik

   gorący admirator ― ardent admirer

   wielki admirator ― great admirer

   admirator muzyki ― music admirer

   admirator sztuki ― art admirer

   admirator czyjegoś dzieła/czyjejś twórczości ― admirer of someone's work

   admirator talentu ― talent admirer

Declension

Declension of admirator

	singular	plural
nominative	admirator	admiratorzy/admiratory (deprecative)
genitive	admiratora	admiratorów
dative	admiratorowi	admiratorom
accusative	admiratora	admiratorów
instrumental	admiratorem	admiratorami
locative	admiratorze	admiratorach
vocative	admiratorze	admiratorzy

Related terms

(adjective):

• admiracyjny

(adverb):

• (rare) admiracyjnie

(noun):

• admiracja

(verbs):

• admirować impf
• naadmirować pf
• poadmirować pf
• wyadmirować pf

Further reading

• admirator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• admirator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “admirator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 8
• admirator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French admirateur. Equivalent to admira +‎ -tor.

Noun

admirator m (plural admiratori)

1. admirer

Declension

Declension of admirator

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	admirator	admiratorul		admiratori	admiratorii
genitive-dative	admirator	admiratorului		admiratori	admiratorilor
vocative	admiratorule			admiratorilor