negator
English
Etymology
From negate + -or, or directly from Latin negātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəˈɡeɪtəɹ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
negator (plural negators)
- One who, or that which, negates.
- (grammar) A word (or other structural element) which causes negation (such as the word not in English).
Translations
word causing negation
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Anagrams
- NOR gate, argento-, teragon, tronage
Latin
Etymology
From negō (“deny, refuse”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /neˈɡaː.tor/, [nɛˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /neˈɡa.tor/, [neˈɡäːt̪or]
Noun
negātor m (genitive negātōris); third declension
- a denier; apostate
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | negātor | negātōrēs |
| Genitive | negātōris | negātōrum |
| Dative | negātōrī | negātōribus |
| Accusative | negātōrem | negātōrēs |
| Ablative | negātōre | negātōribus |
| Vocative | negātor | negātōrēs |
Derived terms
- negātōrius
Related terms
- negātiō
- negātīvē
- negātīvus
Descendants
- French: négateur
- Italian: negatore
- Occitan: negador
- Portuguese: negador
- Spanish: negador
References
- “negator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- negator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- negator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
From French négateur.
Noun
negator m (plural negatori)
- negator, denier detractor
Declension
Declension of negator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) negator | negatorul | (niște) negatori | negatorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) negator | negatorului | (unor) negatori | negatorilor |
| vocative | negatorule | negatorilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /něɡaːtor/
- Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧tor
Noun
nègātor m (Cyrillic spelling нѐга̄тор)
- negator, denier
Declension
Declension of negator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | negator | negatori |
| genitive | negatora | negatora |
| dative | negatoru | negatorima |
| accusative | negatora | negatore |
| vocative | negatoru | negatori |
| locative | negatoru | negatorima |
| instrumental | negatorom | negatorima |