inventor

Alternative forms

• inventour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(r)

Noun

inventor (plural inventors)

1. One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

Anagrams

• noverint

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor, inventorem.

Adjective

inventor (feminine inventora, masculine plural inventors, feminine plural inventores)

1. inventive

Noun

inventor m (plural inventors, feminine inventora)

1. inventor

Etymology

From inventus, from invenio.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈwen.tor/, [ɪnˈwɛn.tɔr]

Noun

inventor m (genitive inventōris); third declension

1. contriver, author, discoverer, inventor

References

• inventor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inventor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inventor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• inventor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a legislator: legum scriptor, conditor, inventor
    

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor, inventorem.

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

1. inventor (one who invents things)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor, inventorem.

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

1. inventor (one who invents things)