dator
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dator/, [d̪a.t̪o̞r]
Verb
dator
- Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of etorri.
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) IPA(key): /ˈda.tor/, [ˈd̪ät̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.tor/, [ˈd̪äːt̪or]
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.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dator | datōrēs |
| Genitive | datōris | datōrum |
| Dative | datōrī | datōribus |
| Accusative | datōrem | datōrēs |
| Ablative | datōre | datōribus |
| Vocative | dator | datōrēs |
Descendants
- Italian: datore
- Sicilian: daturi
- Spanish: dador
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
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)
- indebted (to)
- obliged (to)
- owing money
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
- datora
- datorie
- datornic
- îndatora
- îndatorire
- îndatoritor
Swedish
Etymology
From data + -or. Proposed in 1967 by professor Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the later often colloquially abbreviated to data.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²dɑːtɔr/, /²dɑːtʊr/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -²ɑːtɔr, -²ɑːtʊr
Noun
dator c
- 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
| Declension of dator | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dator | datorn | datorer | datorerna |
| Genitive | dators | datorns | datorers | datorernas |
Descendants
- → Latvian: dators
References
- dator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- “Hur kan man använda data och datan? [How are data and datan used?]”, in Frågelådan, Swedish Language Council, accessed 28 December 2019
Anagrams
- ordat