descriptor

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskɹɪptə(ɹ)/

Noun

descriptor (plural descriptors)

1. That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
   1. (computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
   2. (linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something.

Synonyms

• (information science): index term

Derived terms

• file descriptor
• segment descriptor
• stereodescriptor

 

Translations

that which describes

• Finnish: kuvaaja (fi)
• Indonesian: deskriptor
• Japanese: 記述語 (きじゅつご, kijutsu-go)
• Malay: pemerihal, petunjuk
• Portuguese: descritor (pt) m
• Romanian: descriptor n

name associated with data or documents

• Finnish: kuvain, asiasana (fi)
• German: Deskriptor m
• Hungarian: deszkriptor
• Indonesian: deskriptor
• Italian: descrittore (it) m
• Malay: pemerihal, penerang

Anagrams

• discerptor, predictors

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin descriptor.

Adjective

descriptor (feminine descriptora, masculine plural descriptors, feminine plural descriptores)

1. descriptive

Noun

descriptor m (plural descriptors)

1. (information science, linguistics) descriptor

Related terms

• descriure

Further reading

• “descriptor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “descriptor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French descripteur.

Noun

descriptor m (plural descriptori)

1. descriptor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	descriptor	descriptorul		descriptori	descriptorii
genitive-dative	descriptor	descriptorului		descriptori	descriptorilor
vocative	descriptorule			descriptorilor

Spanish

Noun

descriptor m (plural descriptores)

1. descriptor

Derived terms

• descriptores de categorías (“grade-level descriptors”) (education)

 

Further reading

• “descriptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28