dator
Basque
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): /dator/ [d̪a.t̪or]
- Rhymes: -ator, -or
- Hyphenation: da‧tor
Verb
dator
Elfdalian
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish dator (“computer”).
Noun
dator m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Lars Steensland (2021) Älvdalsk Ordbok, 2nd edition, Älvdalen: Ulum Dalska, →ISBN
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from the root *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence also Latin dō). Cognates include Ancient Greek δώτωρ (dṓtōr) and Sanskrit दातृ (dā́tar-).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈda.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪aː.t̪or]
Noun
dator m (genitive datōris); third declension
- Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron
- (sports) a slave who hands the player the ball
- Antonym: factor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | dator | datōrēs |
genitive | datōris | datōrum |
dative | datōrī | datōribus |
accusative | datōrem | datōrēs |
ablative | datōre | datōribus |
vocative | dator | datōrēs |
Descendants
Verb
dator
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dō
References
- “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian
Alternative forms
- datoriu — archaic
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *debtoriu < *dēbitōrius for Latin dēbitor (“debtor”), ultimately from dēbitum (“debt”), from dēbeō (“to owe”); influenced by the verb da (“to give”). Compare Aromanian dãtor. Doublet of the borrowing debitor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daˈtor/
Adjective
dator m or n (feminine singular datoare, masculine plural datori, feminine and neuter plural datoare)
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | dator | datoare | datori | datoare | |||
definite | datorul | datoarea | datorii | datoarele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | dator | datoare | datori | datoare | |||
definite | datorului | datoarei | datorilor | datoarelor |
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
From data + -or. Proposed in 1967 by professor by Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the latter often colloquially abbreviated to data.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²dɑːtɔr/, /²dɑːtʊr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -²ɑːtɔr, -²ɑːtʊr
Noun
dator c
- a computer (data processing machine)
- Synonyms: (rare) datamaskin, data
- (rare) indefinite plural of data
Usage notes
- (computer): The somewhat common synonym data is usually proscribed.
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | dator | dators |
definite | datorn | datorns | |
plural | indefinite | datorer | datorers |
definite | datorerna | datorernas |
Related terms
- datorisera (“computerize”)
- datorisering (“computerization”)
Descendants
See also
- räknare (“[human] computer”)
References
- dator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- Svensk MeSH
- “Hur kan man använda data och datan? [How are data and datan used?]”, in Frågelådan[1], Swedish Language Council, 28 December 2019 (last accessed)