inventor

English

Alternative forms

inventour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛntə(r)

Noun

inventor (plural inventors)

one who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation

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Translations

inventor

Arabic: مُخْتَرِع‎ m (muḵtariʿ), مُبْتَكِر‎ m (mubtakir)
Armenian: գյուտարար (hy) (gyutarar)
Bulgarian: изобрета́тел (bg) m (izobretátel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發明家 (zh), 发明家 (zh) (fāmíngjiā)
Czech: vynálezce (cs) m
Dutch: uitvinder (nl) m
Esperanto: (♂♀) inventisto, (♀) inventistino
Finnish: keksijä (fi)
French: inventeur (fr) m, inventrice (fr) f
German: Erfinder (de) m, Erfinderin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: καινουργός m (kainourgós), ἐπινοητής m (epinoētḗs)
Hungarian: feltaláló (hu)
Irish: aireagóir

Italian: inventore (it) m, inventrice f
Japanese: 発明者 (はつめいしゃ, hatsumeisha)
Latin: inventor m, repertor m
Mongolian: зохион бүтээгч (zohion büteegč), ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠨ
ᠪᠦᠲᠦᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ (ǰoqiyan bütügeɣči)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppfinner m
Persian: مخترع‎ (fa) (moxtare)
Polish: wynalazca (pl) m, wynalazczyni (pl) f
Portuguese: inventor (pt) m, inventora f
Russian: изобрета́тель (ru) m (izobretátelʹ), изобрета́тельница (ru) f (izobretátelʹnica)
Spanish: inventor (es) m, inventora f, inventriz f
Swedish: uppfinnare (sv) c
Turkish: mucit (tr)
Uyghur: كەشپىياتچى‎ (keshpiyatchi)
Volapük: (♂♀) datuvan (vo), (♂) hidatuvan, (♀) jidatuvan

Anagrams

noverint

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor, inventōrem.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /im.vənˈto/

(Central) IPA^(key): /im.bənˈto/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.venˈtoɾ/

Adjective

inventor (feminine inventora, masculine plural inventors, feminine plural inventores)

inventive

Noun

inventor m (plural inventors, feminine inventora)

inventor

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Latin

Etymology

From inveniō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈwen.tor/, [ɪnˈwɛn.tɔr]

Noun

inventor m (genitive inventōris); third declension

contriver, author, discoverer, inventor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inventor	inventōrēs
Genitive	inventōris	inventōrum
Dative	inventōrī	inventōribus
Accusative	inventōrem	inventōrēs
Ablative	inventōre	inventōribus
Vocative	inventor	inventōrēs

Related terms

inventio

Descendants

Catalan: inventor
English: inventor
French: inventeur
Italian: inventore
Portuguese: inventor
Romanian: inventor
Spanish: inventor

References

inventor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
inventor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
inventor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
inventor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a legislator: legum scriptor, conditor, inventor

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor, inventōrem.

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

inventor (one who invents things)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor, inventōrem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /imbenˈtoɾ/, [ĩmbẽn̪ˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

inventor (one who invents things)

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