admirator

English

Noun

admirator (plural admirators)

  1. (archaic) An admirer; one who admires.

Latin

Etymology

From admīror +‎ -tor.

Noun

admīrātor m (genitive admīrātōris); third declension

  1. admirer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative admīrātor admīrātōrēs
genitive admīrātōris admīrātōrum
dative admīrātōrī admīrātōribus
accusative admīrātōrem admīrātōrēs
ablative admīrātōre admīrātōribus
vocative admīrātor admīrātōrēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: admirador
  • French: admirateur
  • Galician: admirador
  • Italian: ammiratore
  • Portuguese: admirador
  • Romanian: admirator
  • Spanish: admirador

Verb

admīrātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of admīror

References

  • admirator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • admirator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "admirator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • admirator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin admīrātor.[1][2] First attested in 1638.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.miˈra.tɔr/
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  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧tor

Noun

admirator m pers (female equivalent admiratorka)

  1. admirer, lover (person who admires something)
    Synonyms: wielbiciel, miłośnik
    gorący admiratorardent admirer
    wielki admiratorgreat admirer
    admirator muzykimusic admirer
    admirator sztukiart admirer
    admirator czyjegoś dzieła/czyjejś twórczościadmirer of someone's work
    admirator talentutalent admirer

Declension

adjective
adverb

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “admirator”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “admirator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Danuta Lankiewicz (21.05.2009) “ADMIRATOR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French admirateur. Equivalent to admira +‎ -tor.

Noun

admirator m (plural admiratori, feminine equivalent admiratoare)

  1. admirer

Declension

Declension of admirator
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative admirator admiratorul admiratori admiratorii
genitive-dative admirator admiratorului admiratori admiratorilor
vocative admiratorule admiratorilor