editor

Alternative forms

• ed., edit. (abbreviations)
• Ed. (titular abbreviation)
• editour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor^[1], from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtə/

• (General American)
  • (formal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtəɹ/, [ˈɛˑdɪtɚ]
  • (lax) IPA^(key): [ˈɛˑdɪɾɚ]

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

• Hyphenation: ed‧i‧tor^[2]

Noun

editor (plural editors)

1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
2. A copy editor.
3. A person who edited a specific document.

   John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.

4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

   John is the city editor at the Daily Times.

5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
6. (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

   The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.

7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

References

Anagrams

• dotier, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.diˈto/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.diˈtoɾ/

Noun

editor m (plural editors, feminine editora)

1. editor

Further reading

• “editor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Noun

editor m

1. editor (computer program)

Noun

editor c (singular definite editoren, plural indefinite editorer)

1. editor

Further reading

• “editor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From English editor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).

References

• editor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• editor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ðiˈtoɾ/

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor (person who edits)
2. publisher (one who publishes, especially books)
3. (computer software) editor (program for modifying text files)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ediˈtoɾ/, [eðiˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor