orator
English
Alternative forms
- oratour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: ôr'ə-tər
- (New York City) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ/
Noun
orator (plural orators)
- Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
- A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
- Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them?
Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator?
Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies,
Looke for orations when the foe is neere.
Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs.
- (obsolete) Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.
- (obsolete) A petitioner, a supplicant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
someone who orates or delivers an oration
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skilled and eloquent public speaker
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Further reading
African Romance
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈraː.tɔr/
Noun
orator m
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch orateur, orator, from Latin orator.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔrat̪ɔr]
- Hyphenation: ora‧tor
Noun
orator (plural orator-orator)
Related terms
Further reading
- “orator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈraː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈraː.t̪or]
Noun
ōrātor m (genitive ōrātōris, feminine ōrātrīx); third declension
- An orator, speaker.
- A spokesman, spokesperson.
- An ambassador (one entrusted with an oral message))
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ōrātor | ōrātōrēs |
genitive | ōrātōris | ōrātōrum |
dative | ōrātōrī | ōrātōribus |
accusative | ōrātōrem | ōrātōrēs |
ablative | ōrātōre | ōrātōribus |
vocative | ōrātor | ōrātōrēs |
Descendants
References
- “orator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “orator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "orator", 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)
- orator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
- to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
- to say only a few words: pauca dicere (pauca verba dicere only of the orator)
- to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
- “orator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “orator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ōrātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈra.tɔr/
- Rhymes: -atɔr
- Syllabification: o‧ra‧tor
Noun
orator m pers (female equivalent oratorka, related adjective oratorski)
- (literary) orator, oratist, wordsmith (skilled and eloquent public speaker)
- Synonyms: krasomówca, retor
- Hypernym: mówca
Declension
Declension of orator
Derived terms
nouns
- oratorstwo
Related terms
adjectives
- oratoryjny
adverbs
- oratorsko
Further reading
- orator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- orator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orator or French orateur.
Noun
orator m (plural oratori, feminine equivalent oratoare)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | orator | oratorul | oratori | oratorii | |
genitive-dative | orator | oratorului | oratori | oratorilor | |
vocative | oratorule | oratorilor |
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒraːtor/
- Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tor
Noun
òrātor m anim (Cyrillic spelling о̀ра̄тор)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | orator | oratori |
genitive | oratora | oratora |
dative | oratoru | oratorima |
accusative | oratora | oratore |
vocative | oratore | oratori |
locative | oratoru | oratorima |
instrumental | oratorom | oratorima |
Swedish
Noun
orator c
- an orator
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | orator | orators |
definite | oratorn | oratorns | |
plural | indefinite | oratorer | oratorers |
definite | oratorerna | oratorernas |