raptor

English

Alternative forms

  • raptour (obsolete, rare)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin raptor (“thief”).

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. A bird of prey.
  2. (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
Translations

Etymology 2

Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; shortened from velociraptor.

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

Further reading

  • raptor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈrap.tɔr]

Noun

raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension

  1. A thief, robber, plunderer.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative raptor raptōrēs
genitive raptōris raptōrum
dative raptōrī raptōribus
accusative raptōrem raptōrēs
ablative raptōre raptōribus
vocative raptor raptōrēs

Synonyms

  • (robber): rapīnātor

Derived terms

  • raptrīx

Descendants

References

  • raptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • raptor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • raptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

  1. abductor; kidnapper

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores)

  1. kidnapper; abductor
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