exterminator
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtə/
Noun
exterminator (plural exterminators)
- Someone or something that exterminates.
- Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
Translations
someone or something that exterminates
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person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building
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Latin
Etymology
From exterminō + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.ster.miˈnaː.tor/, [ɛk.stɛr.mɪˈnaː.tɔr]
Noun
exterminātor m (genitive exterminātōris); third declension
- ejector, expeller
- destroyer, exterminator
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | exterminātor | exterminātōrēs |
Genitive | exterminātōris | exterminātōrum |
Dative | exterminātōrī | exterminātōribus |
Accusative | exterminātōrem | exterminātōrēs |
Ablative | exterminātōre | exterminātōribus |
Vocative | exterminātor | exterminātōrēs |
Verb
exterminātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of exterminō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of exterminō