erector

English

Alternative forms

• erectour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin ērigō (“I raise up, elevate, lift”), equivalent to erect +‎ -or.

Noun

erector (plural erectors)

1. A person who, or a device which erects.
   • 2014, Mike Riley, Alison Cotgrave, Construction Technology 2: Industrial and Commercial Building:

     At this stage of the construction process the only people on the site would normally be groundworkers and the steel erectors, followed by the roof cladders.

2. (anatomy) Any of several muscles that make parts of the body erect.
3. An attachment to a microscope, telescope, etc. for making the image erect instead of inverted.
4. (astronautics) A vehicle used to support a rocket for transportation and for placing the rocket in an upright position within a gantry scaffold.

Derived terms

• erector spinae

Anagrams

• Tercero

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French érecteur.

Noun

erector n (plural erectori)

1. erector

Declension

Declension of erector

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) erector	erectorul	(niște) erectori	erectorile
genitive/dative	(unui) erector	erectorului	(unor) erectori	erectorilor
vocative	erectorule		erectorilor

Spanish

Etymology

From erecto +‎ -or.

Adjective

erector (feminine erectora, masculine plural erectores, feminine plural erectoras)

1. erecting

Noun

erector m (plural erectores)

1. erector

Further reading

• “erector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28