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)

  1. One who, or that which, locates.
    I found the opening times for my local branch using the Web site's store locator.
  2. (US) One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.
  3. (travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From locō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

locātor m (genitive locātōris); third declension

  1. letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)
  2. 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

  1. 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

Borrowed from Latin locator.

Noun

locator m (plural locatori)

  1. letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)

Declension

Declension of locator
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative locator locatorul locatori locatorii
genitive-dative locator locatorului locatori locatorilor
vocative locatorule locatorilor