-ator
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin -tor.
Suffix [edit]
-ator
- used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
- -ate
- -ation
- abbreviator
- abrogator
- administrator
- annihilator
- communicator
- corroborator
- curator
- demonstrator
- emancipator
- equivocator
- inaugurator
- incubator
- innovator
- interrogator
- masturbator
- orator
- procurator
- renovator
- respirator
- reverberator
- spectator
- ventilator
- vibrator
External links [edit]
- “-ator” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-ator (Cyrillic spelling -атор)
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin.
