adorator

adorator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.doːˈraː.tor/, [äd̪oːˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.doˈra.tor/, [äd̪oˈräːt̪or]

Etymology 1

adōrō +‎ -tor

Noun

adōrātor m (genitive adōrātōris); third declension

1. worshipper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adōrātor	adōrātōrēs
Genitive	adōrātōris	adōrātōrum
Dative	adōrātōrī	adōrātōribus
Accusative	adōrātōrem	adōrātōrēs
Ablative	adōrātōre	adōrātōribus
Vocative	adōrātor	adōrātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: adorador
• French: adorateur
• Galician: adorador
• Italian: adoratore
• Occitan: adorator
• Polish: adorator
• Portuguese: adorador
• Spanish: adorador

Verb

adōrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of adōrō

References

• “adorator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adorator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adōrātor. By surface analysis, adorować +‎ -ator. First attested in 1745.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔˈra.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧do‧ra‧tor

Noun

adorator m pers (feminine adoratorka)

1. (literary) adorer, admirer, wooer (one with romantic interests)
2. (religion) adorer, worshiper (one who adores God)
3. adorer, admirer (one who is enjoys something)

   Synonym: wielbiciel

Declension

Declension of adorator

	singular	plural
nominative	adorator	adoratorzy
genitive	adoratora	adoratorów
dative	adoratorowi	adoratorom
accusative	adoratora	adoratorów
instrumental	adoratorem	adoratorami
locative	adoratorze	adoratorach
vocative	adoratorze	adoratorzy

Related terms

adjective

• adoracyjny

 

nouns

• adoracja
• adorant

 

verb

• adorować

 

Collocations

Collocations

• (one with romantic interests):
  • Synonyms: absztyfikant, amant, fatygant, kawaler, wielbiciel
  • anonimowy adorator ― an anonymous admirer
  • tajemniczy adorator ― a secret admirer
  • dawny adorator ― an old admirer
  • dotychczasowy adorator ― a past admirer
  • nowy adorator ― a new admirer
  • ewentualny adorator ― a possible admirer
  • potencjalny adorator ― a potential admirer
  • nachalny adorator ― a pushy admirer
  • namolny adorator ― a clingy admirer
  • natrętny adorator ― an intrusive admirer
  • wierny adorator ― a faithful admirer
  • odrzucony adorator ― a rejected admirer
  • grono adoratorów ― a group admirers
  • kółko/krąg adoratorów ― a circle of admirers
  • tłum adoratorów ― a crowd of admirers
  • wianuszek adoratorów ― a chain of admirers
  • mnóstwo adoratorów ― a multitude admirers
  • mieć adoratora ― to have an admirer
  • nie móc opędzić się od adoratorów ― to not be able to fend off admirers
• (in religion):
  • adorator Boga ― an adorer of God
  • adorator Maryi ― an adorer of Maria
  • adorator Krzyża ― an adorer of the cross

References

1. Danuta Lankiewicz (21.05.2009), “ADORATOR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

• Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

• adorator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• adorator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French adorateur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.do.raˈtor/

Noun

adorator m (plural adoratori, feminine equivalent adoratoare)

1. admirer, adorer, worshiper

Declension

Declension of adorator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) adorator	adoratorul	(niște) adoratori	adoratorii
genitive/dative	(unui) adorator	adoratorului	(unor) adoratori	adoratorilor
vocative	adoratorule		adoratorilor

Further reading

• adorator in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adǒraːtor/
• Hyphenation: a‧do‧ra‧tor

Noun

adòrātor m (Cyrillic spelling адо̀ра̄тор)

1. (rare) adorer

Declension

Declension of adorator

	singular	plural
nominative	adòrātor	adoratori
genitive	adoratora	adoratora
dative	adoratoru	adoratorima
accusative	adoratora	adoratore
vocative	adoratore	adoratori
locative	adoratoru	adoratorima
instrumental	adoratorom	adoratorima

Synonyms

• obožavatelj