detector

detector

English

Etymology

From detect +‎ -or (agent noun forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

Noun

detector (plural detectors)

1. A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.

   Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.

   1. An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.
   2. A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current.

Derived terms

• bat detector
• currency detector
• detector bar
• detectorist
• detector van
• electron capture detector
• Everhart-Thornley detector
• heat detector
• junction detector
• lie detector
• lightning detector
• lithium-drifted silicon detector
• metal detector
• motion detector
• sarcasm detector
• smoke detector
• time detector
• watchman's detector
• watchman's time detector
• window detector

 

Translations

device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon

Belarusian: дэтэ́ктар m (detéktar) Bulgarian: дете́ктор m (detéktor) Czech: detektor (cs) m Danish: detektor c Finnish: ilmaisin (fi), tunnistin (fi) French: détecteur (fr) m German: Detektor (de) m Greek: ανιχνευτής (el) m (anichneftís) Hebrew: גלאי‎ m (galai) Indonesian: detektor (id) Irish: brathadóir m Malay: pengesan Maori: paerongo Norwegian: Bokmål: detektor m Nynorsk: detektor m Polish: wykrywacz (pl) m, detektor (pl) m Portuguese: detetor m (Portugal), detector (pt) m (Brazil) Romanian: detector (ro) n, Russian: дете́ктор (ru) m (dɛtɛ́ktor) Tagalog: paniktik Ukrainian: дете́ктор m (detéktor)

Anagrams

• cottered

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English detector.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeːˈtɛk.tɔr/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: de‧tec‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

Noun

detector m (plural detectors, diminutive detectortje n)

1. detector

Derived terms

• metaaldetector

Related terms

• detecteren
• detectie

Descendants

• → Indonesian: detektor

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.tekˈtoʁ/ [de.tekˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.tekˈtoʁ/ [de.tekˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.tekˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.tekˈtoʁ/ [de.tekˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.tekˈtoɻ/

Adjective

detector (feminine detectora, masculine plural detectores, feminine plural detectoras)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of detetor.

Noun

detector m (plural detectores)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of detetor.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French détecteur.

Noun

detector n (plural detectoare)

1. detecter

Declension

Declension of detector

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) detector	detectorul	(niște) detectoare	detectoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) detector	detectorului	(unor) detectoare	detectoarelor
vocative	detectorule		detectoarelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deteɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪e.t̪eɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: de‧tec‧tor

Adjective

detector (feminine detectora, masculine plural detectores, feminine plural detectoras)

1. detecting

Noun

detector m (plural detectores)

1. detector

Derived terms

• detector de metal

 

Related terms

• detectar

Further reading

• “detector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014