retentor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

Noun

retentor (plural retentors)

1. A muscle which holds a body part in place, notably in extended or retracted position

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten- (1 c, 62 e)

Anagrams

• rottener

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

Noun

retentor m (plural retentoren or retentors or retentores, diminutive retentortje n)

1. (law) the holder of a right of retensio, i.e. to keep something one doesn't own

Related terms

• retentie

Latin

Etymology

From retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈten.tor/, [rɛˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈten.tor/, [reˈt̪ɛn̪t̪or]

Noun

retentor m (genitive retentōris); third declension

1. One who holds back; detainer, retainer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	retentor	retentōrēs
Genitive	retentōris	retentōrum
Dative	retentōrī	retentōribus
Accusative	retentōrem	retentōrēs
Ablative	retentōre	retentōribus
Vocative	retentor	retentōrēs

Related terms

• retentātor
• retentiō
• retentō
• retentus
• retināx
• retinēns
• retinentia

References

• “retentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• retentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retentōrem, from retentō (“to hold back, to hold fast”), from retineō (“to retain, to hold back”), from re- + teneō (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.tẽˈtoʁ/ [he.tẽˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.tẽˈtoʁ/ [he.tẽˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.tẽˈtoɾ/ [he.tẽˈtoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.tẽˈtoʁ/ [χe.tẽˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.tẽˈtoɻ/ [he.tẽˈtoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.tẽˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.tẽˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.tẽˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧ten‧tor

Noun

retentor m (plural retentores)

1. retainer (any thing or person that retains)
2. (law) holder (person who holds a property)

Adjective

retentor (feminine retentora, masculine plural retentores, feminine plural retentoras)

1. retaining (that retains)

Related terms

• reter