propagator

English

Etymology

From propagate +‎ -or.

Noun

propagator (plural propagators)

1. A person who disseminates news or rumour
2. A person who propagates plants
3. A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
4. (physics) A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

Related terms

• propagatrix

Translations

person who disseminates news or rumour

• Bulgarian: разпространител (bg) m (razprostranitel)
• Finnish: propagoija (fi)

person who propagates plants

container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings

• Finnish: idätysastia, idättämö

physics: function

• Finnish: propagaattori
• Polish: propagator (pl) m

Latin

Verb

prōpāgātor

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

References

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōpāgātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔ.paˈɡa.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: pro‧pa‧ga‧tor

Noun

propagator m pers (female equivalent propagatorka)

1. promoter, exponent, advocate

Declension

Declension of propagator

	singular	plural
nominative	propagator	propagatorzy/propagatory (deprecative)
genitive	propagatora	propagatorów
dative	propagatorowi	propagatorom
accusative	propagatora	propagatorów
instrumental	propagatorem	propagatorami
locative	propagatorze	propagatorach
vocative	propagatorze	propagatorzy

Noun

propagator m inan

1. (physics) propagator

Declension

Declension of propagator

	singular	plural
nominative	propagator	propagatory
genitive	propagatora	propagatorów
dative	propagatorowi	propagatorom
accusative	propagator	propagatory
instrumental	propagatorem	propagatorami
locative	propagatorze	propagatorach
vocative	propagatorze	propagatory

Further reading

• propagator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• propagator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French propagateur. By surface analysis, propaga +‎ -tor.

Noun

propagator m (plural propagatori)

1. spreader

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	propagator	propagatorul		propagatori	propagatorii
genitive-dative	propagator	propagatorului		propagatori	propagatorilor
vocative	propagatorule			propagatorilor