distributor

distributor

English

Alternative forms

• distributour (obsolete)
• distributer (rare)

Etymology

distribute +‎ -or

Pronunciation

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Noun

distributor (plural distributors)

1. One who or that which distributes.
2. A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.

   Synonym: (slang) dizzy

3. (printing, historical) A machine for distributing type.
4. (printing, historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.

Derived terms

• distributor road
• e-distributor
• shit distributor

 

Translations

one who distributes, a thing that distributes

Bulgarian: разпределител m (razpredelitel) Catalan: distribuïdor m Dutch: verspreider (nl) m Finnish: jakaja (fi), jakelija (fi), levittäjä, luokittelija, lajittelija (fi) German: Verteiler (de) m Greek: διανομέας (el) m (dianoméas) Ancient: διαδότης m (diadótēs) Indonesian: pembagi (id), penyalur (id), distributor (id) Kazakh: дистрибьютор (distribütor) Kyrgyz: дистрибьютор (distribʹyutor) Latin: dīvīsor m Malay: pengedar Norwegian: distributør m Polish: dystrybutor (pl) m, dystrybutorka f Russian: дистрибью́тор (ru) m (distribʹjútor), распредели́тель (ru) m (raspredelítelʹ) Spanish: distribuidor (es) m Swahili: msambazaji (sw) Swedish: distributör (sv) c

device that distributes current to the spark plugs

Apache: Western Apache: bijíí Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: дистрибутор m (distributor) Chinese: Mandarin: 分电器 (zh) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: virranjakaja (fi) French: delco (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Verteiler (de) m Greek: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Khmer: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Persian: دلکو‎ (fa) (delko) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: распредели́тель (ru) m (raspredelítelʹ) Swahili: msambazaji (sw) Swedish: fördelardosa c Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: distribütör (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English distributor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɪstriˈbutɔr]
• Hyphenation: dis‧tri‧bu‧tor

Noun

distributor (plural distributor-distributor, first-person possessive distributorku, second-person possessive distributormu, third-person possessive distributornya)

1. distributor.

   Synonyms: agen, bandar, dealer, pemasok, pengedar, penyalur, penyuplai, tauke

   Hypernym: pelaku usaha

Further reading

• “distributor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /distribyˈtur/

Noun

distributor m

1. distributor