-ator

See also: ator, -átor, and -atör

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor.

Suffix

-ator

  1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate

Derived terms

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin -tor.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ator

  1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -eren

Derived terms

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

By rebracketing of words formed from first conjugation verbs, such as cūrātor (cūrāre + -tor), where -ā- is part of the stem.

Suffix

-ātor

  1. Enlarged form of -tor, used to form agent nouns; -ator, -er
    gladius + ‎-ator → ‎gladiātor
    malleus + ‎-ator → ‎malleātor
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-ator'>Latin words suffixed with -ator</a>

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of -ō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of -ō

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ator (Cyrillic spelling -атор)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin.

See also

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