delator
English
Etymology
From Latin delator.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
delator (plural delators)
- An accuser; an informer.
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- […] his Accuser or Delator […]
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Anagrams
- leotard
Interlingua
Noun
delator (plural delatores)
- informer
Latin
Etymology
From dēlātus (perfect participle of dēferō) + -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈlaː.tor/, [d̪eːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈla.tor/, [d̪eˈläːt̪or]
Noun
dēlātor m (genitive dēlātōris, feminine dēlātrīx); third declension
- (post-Classical Latin) accuser, informer, informant, denouncer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēlātor | dēlātōrēs |
| Genitive | dēlātōris | dēlātōrum |
| Dative | dēlātōrī | dēlātōribus |
| Accusative | dēlātōrem | dēlātōrēs |
| Ablative | dēlātōre | dēlātōribus |
| Vocative | dēlātor | dēlātōrēs |
Related terms
- dēlātiō
Descendants
- → Catalan: delator
- → English: delator
- → French: délateur
- → Galician: delator
- → Italian: delatore
- → Occitan: delator
- → Portuguese: delator
- → Spanish: delator
References
- “delator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- delator 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)
- delator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēlātōrem (“informer, denouncer”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.laˈtoʁ/ [de.laˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.laˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.laˈtoʁ/ [de.laˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.laˈtoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.laˈtoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: de‧la‧tor
Noun
delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)
- informant; whistle-blower
Romanian
Etymology
From French délateur.
Noun
delator m (plural delatori)
- informer
Declension
Declension of delator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) delator | delatorul | (niște) delatori | delatorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) delator | delatorului | (unor) delatori | delatorilor |
| vocative | delatorule | delatorilor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēlātōrem, accusative singular of dēlātor (“informer, denouncer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /delaˈtoɾ/ [d̪e.laˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: de‧la‧tor
Adjective
delator (feminine delatora, masculine plural delatores, feminine plural delatoras)
- telltale
- Synonym: delatador
Related terms
- delatar
Noun
delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)
- informer
- Synonym: informante
- betrayer, accuser
- Synonyms: acusador, traidor
Further reading
- “delator”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014