restorer

English

Etymology

From restore +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə(ɹ)

Noun

restorer (plural restorers)

1. Something or someone that restores.
   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 62:

     Slightly mesmerized by this accomplishment, Rita asked, "Are you a chair mender?" "I'm the best carver, joiner, and expert furniture restorer in this country. So what about it?" "If you really are a good restorer - you'll have to wait a minute, though. I'm only looking after the place for the owner at present. I'll have to consult her."

   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Inside its exhibit hall, behind panes of glass, in a white-lit lab, a team of restorers works on an ancient Byzantine floor: 44 square yards of stone shards rescued from Lot’s Cave Monastery.

Derived terms

• hair restorer

Translations

one who restores

• Bulgarian: реставратор m (restavrator)
• Catalan: restaurador m
• German: Restaurator (de) m
• Greek: ανορθωτής (el) m (anorthotís)
• Irish: aiseagthóir m
• Latin: reductor m
• Spanish: restaurador m

Anagrams

• Terreros, resorter, retrorse

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēstaurō, rēstaurāre.

Verb

restorer

1. to restore (to put or give back)
   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Fist le rois totes les restorer

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Or ot bien Enide la perte
     De son palefroi restoree.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of restorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		restorer			avoir restoré
gerund		en restorant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		restorant
past participle		restoré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	restor	restores	restore	restorons	restorez	restorent
	imperfect	restoroie, restoreie, restoroe, restoreve	restoroies, restoreies, restoroes, restoreves	restoroit, restoreit, restorot, restoreve	restoriiens, restoriens	restoriiez, restoriez	restoroient, restoreient, restoroent, restorevent
	preterite	restorai	restoras	restora	restorames	restorastes	restorerent
	future	restorerai	restoreras	restorera	restorerons	restoreroiz, restorereiz, restorerez	restoreront
	conditional	restoreroie, restorereie	restoreroies, restorereies	restoreroit, restorereit	restoreriiens, restoreriens	restoreriiez, restoreriez	restoreroient, restorereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	restor	restors	restort	restorons	restorez	restorent
	imperfect	restorasse	restorasses	restorast	restorissons, restorissiens	restorissoiz, restorissez, restorissiez	restorassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	restore	—	restorons	restorez	—

Descendants

• → English: restore
• French: restaurer