interlocutor
English
Alternative forms
- interlocutour (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/
Etymology 1
A noun-form of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).
Noun
interlocutor (plural interlocutors)
- A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
- 1894, Calvin Thomas, "The Teacher's Outfit in German," The School Review, vol. 2, no. 7, page 406:
- Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
- 1894, Calvin Thomas, "The Teacher's Outfit in German," The School Review, vol. 2, no. 7, page 406:
- A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader.
- 1991, Maureen Costonis, "Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress," American Music, vol. 9, no. 3, page 299:
- The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
- 1991, Maureen Costonis, "Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress," American Music, vol. 9, no. 3, page 299:
- (law) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
Synonyms
- (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation): converser, conversant, conversationalist, conversational partner, collocutor
Related terms
Terms related to interlocutor
- interlocution
- interlocutorily
- interlocutory
- interlocutress
- interlocutrice
- interlocutrix
Translations
a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
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a man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show
Etymology 2
From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.
Noun
interlocutor (plural interlocutors)
- (Scotland, law) A decree of a court.
- 1869, "The Judicial System of Scotland," The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 17, no. 5, p. 257,
- A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.
- 1869, "The Judicial System of Scotland," The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 17, no. 5, p. 257,
Translations
Scottish law: decree of a court
Catalan
Noun
interlocutor m (plural interlocutors, feminine interlocutora)
- interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)
Further reading
- “interlocutor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “interlocutor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “interlocutor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “interlocutor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.lo.kuˈtoʁ/ [ˌĩ.teɾ.lo.kuˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.lo.kuˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.lo.kuˈtoʁ/ [ˌĩ.teɾ.lo.kuˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.teɾ.lo.kuˈtoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌĩ.tɛɾ.lu.kuˈtoɾ/
Noun
interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)
- interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)
Romanian
Etymology
From French interlocuteur.
Noun
interlocutor m (plural interlocutori)
- interlocutor
Declension
Declension of interlocutor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) interlocutor | interlocutorul | (niște) interlocutori | interlocutorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) interlocutor | interlocutorului | (unor) interlocutori | interlocutorilor |
vocative | interlocutorule | interlocutorilor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inteɾlokuˈtoɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.lo.kuˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: in‧ter‧lo‧cu‧tor
Noun
interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)
- interlocutor
- 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "The Other", p. 19:
- Los dos mentíamos y cada cual sabía que su interlocutor estaba mintiendo.
- We were both lying and each one of us knew that his interlocutor was lying.
- 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "The Other", p. 19:
- negotiator
- 2009 June 10, “Gadafi levanta una tienda en Roma”, in BBC Mundo:
- Gadafi recibirá a sus interlocutores en una carpa de estilo beduino...
- Gadafi will receive his negotiators with a Bedouin-style carpet...
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Further reading
- “interlocutor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014