locomotor
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)
Adjective
locomotor (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
- 2015 December 3, “Abnormal Motor Activity and Thermoregulation in a Schizophrenia Rat Model for Translational Science”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Adult animals were implanted with E-Mitter transponders intraabdominally to record body temperature and locomotor activity continuously.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
locomotor (plural locomotors)
- Something that is capable of locomotion.
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Catalan
Etymology
From loco- + motor.
Pronunciation
Adjective
locomotor (feminine locomotora, masculine plural locomotors, feminine plural locomotores)
- locomotive (relating to locomotion)
Related terms
Further reading
- “locomotor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “locomotor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “locomotor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “locomotor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Adjective
locomotor (feminine locomotora, masculine plural locomotores, feminine plural locomotoras)
- locomotive (relating to locomotion)
Related terms
Further reading
- “locomotor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoʁ/ [lo.ko.moˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoʁ/ [lo.ko.moˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lu.ku.muˈtoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /lu.ku.muˈto.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: lo‧co‧mo‧tor
Adjective
locomotor (feminine locomotora or locomotriz, masculine plural locomotores, feminine plural locomotoras or locomotrizes)
- locomotive (relating to locomotion)
Related terms
Further reading
- “locomotor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French locomoteur.
Adjective
locomotor m or n (feminine singular locomotoare, masculine plural locomotori, feminine and neuter plural locomotoare)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | locomotor | locomotoare | locomotori | locomotoare | |||
| definite | locomotorul | locomotoarea | locomotorii | locomotoarele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | locomotor | locomotoare | locomotori | locomotoare | |||
| definite | locomotorului | locomotoarei | locomotorilor | locomotoarelor | ||||
Spanish
Adjective
locomotor (feminine locomotora, masculine plural locomotores, feminine plural locomotoras)
- locomotive (relating to locomotion)
Related terms
Further reading
- “locomotor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024