delator

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

delator (plural delators)

  1. An accuser; an informer.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for delator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Interlingua

Noun

delator (plural delatores)

  1. informer

Latin

Etymology

From dēlātus (perfect participle of dēferō) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

dēlātor m (genitive dēlātōris); third declension

  1. (post-Classical Latin) accuser, informer, denouncer

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dēlātor dēlātōrēs
genitive dēlātōris dēlātōrum
dative dēlātōrī dēlātōribus
accusative dēlātōrem dēlātōrēs
ablative dēlātōre dēlātōribus
vocative dēlātor dēlātōrēs

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dēlātōrem, accusative singular of dēlātor (“informer, denouncer”).

Noun

delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)

  1. informant; whistle-blower

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēlātōrem, accusative singular of dēlātor (“informer, denouncer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /delaˈtoɾ/, [d̪elaˈt̪oɾ]

Adjective

delator (feminine singular delatora, masculine plural delatores, feminine plural delatoras)

  1. telltale
    Synonym: delatador

Noun

delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)

  1. informer
    Synonym: informante
  2. betrayer, accuser
    Synonyms: acusador, traidor

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