collocator

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

collocator (plural collocators)

1. A word which often or regularly collocates with another word.
   • 2014, Rufus Gouws, Dictionaries. An International Encyclopedia of Lexicography: Supplementary Volume: Recent Developments with Focus on Electronic and Computational Lexicography, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 497:

     The collocator is familiar to the speaker of English who is not aware of its idiomaticity, while for the foreign language learner it is unpredictable, because his/her mother tongue privileges another word.

Latin

Verb

collocātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of collocō

References

• collocator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• collocator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016