locator
English
Etymology
From Latin locātor. By surface analysis, locate + -or.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləʊˈkeɪtə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈloʊkeɪtɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
locator (plural locators)
- One who, or that which, locates.
- I found the opening times for my local branch using the Web site's store locator.
- (US) One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.
- (travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking.
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɔˈkaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [loˈkaː.t̪or]
Noun
locātor m (genitive locātōris); third declension
- letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)
- contractor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | locātor | locātōrēs |
genitive | locātōris | locātōrum |
dative | locātōrī | locātōribus |
accusative | locātōrem | locātōrēs |
ablative | locātōre | locātōribus |
vocative | locātor | locātōrēs |
Verb
locātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of locō
References
- “locator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “locator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- locator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
locator m (plural locatori)