impulsor
English
Etymology
Latin impulsor
Noun
impulsor (plural impulsors)
- One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
- Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.
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Related terms
- impulse
- impulsion
- impulsive
- impulsively
- impulsiveness
References
- impulsor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- impulsor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin impulsor.
Adjective
impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsors, feminine plural impulsores)
- impulsive
Further reading
- “impulsor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “impulsor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “impulsor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “impulsor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpul.sor/, [ɪmˈpʊɫ̪s̠ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈpul.sor/, [imˈpulsor]
Noun
impulsor m (genitive impulsōris); third declension
- inciter, instigator
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | impulsor | impulsōrēs |
| Genitive | impulsōris | impulsōrum |
| Dative | impulsōrī | impulsōribus |
| Accusative | impulsōrem | impulsōrēs |
| Ablative | impulsōre | impulsōribus |
| Vocative | impulsor | impulsōrēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: impulsor
- Italian: impulsore
- Portuguese: impulsor
- Spanish: impulsor
References
- “impulsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impulsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impulsōrem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoɻ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoɻ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pulˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puɫˈsoɾ]
Adjective
impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)
- impulsive; impellent (which impels, drives)
- Synonyms: impulsivo, impelente
Noun
impulsor m (plural impulsores, feminine impulsora, feminine plural impulsoras)
- impulsor; inciter; instigator
- Synonym: instigador
Romanian
Etymology
From French impulseur.
Noun
impulsor n (plural impulsoare)
- impeller (of a pump)
Declension
Declension of impulsor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) impulsor | impulsorul | (niște) impulsoare | impulsoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) impulsor | impulsorului | (unor) impulsoare | impulsoarelor |
| vocative | impulsorule | impulsoarelor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin impulsor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impulˈsoɾ/ [ĩm.pulˈsoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: im‧pul‧sor
Adjective
impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)
- driving
- impulsive
Noun
impulsor m (plural impulsores)
- impeller
Further reading
- “impulsor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014