editor

See also: Editor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor[1], from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (give out, put forth, publish).

Pronunciation

  • (General American)
    • (formal) IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪtəɹ/, [ˈɛˑdɪtɚ]
    • (lax) IPA(key): [ˈɛˑɾɪɾɚ]
    • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ed‧i‧tor[2]

Noun

editor (plural editors)

  1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
  2. A copy editor.
  3. A person who edited a specific document.
    John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
  4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
    John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
  5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
  6. (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
    The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
  7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

editor m (plural editors, feminine editora)

  1. editor

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Czech

Noun

editor m

  1. editor (computer program)

Danish

Noun

editor c (singular definite editoren, plural indefinite editorer)

  1. editor

Declension

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Dutch

Etymology

From English editor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/
  • (file)

Noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

  1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (I eat).

Verb

editor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of edō

Etymology 2

From ēdō (to give out), from e- (out) + (give).

Verb

ēditor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō

Etymology 3

From ēdo + -tor.

Noun

ēditor

  1. (Late Latin) editor, publisher

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ðiˈtoɾ/

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

  1. editor (person who edits)
  2. publisher (one who publishes, especially books)
  3. (computer software) editor (program for modifying text files)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ediˈtoɾ/, [eðiˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

  1. editor
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