creator

See also Creator

English

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Alternative forms

• creatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin creator, agent noun from perfect passive participle creatus (“created”), from verb creare (“create”) + agent suffix -or.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

creator (plural creators)

1. Something or someone which creates or makes something.

   Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.

2. (religion) The deity that created the world.

Usage notes

• Usually capitalized as Creator when referring to a specific deity.

Related terms

• create
• creation
• creational
• creationary
• creative
• creatrix
• creature
• procreate
• recreate
• recreation

Translations

one who creates

• Afrikaans: skepper (af)
• Arabic: مبدع (ar) (mubdiʿ) m
• Armenian: ստեղծող (hy) (steġçoġ), արարիչ (hy) (ararič)
• Bulgarian: създател (bg) (sǎzdátel)
• Catalan: creador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創作者 (cmn), 创作者 (cmn) (chuàngzuòzhě)

• Czech: tvůrce (cs) m, stvořitel (cs) m
• Dutch: maker (nl) m
• Finnish: luoja (fi)
• French: créateur (fr) m, créatrice (fr) f
• German: Schöpfer (de) m, Schöpferin (de) f
• Greek: δημιουργός (el) (δimiourgós) m and f
• Hebrew: יוצר (he) (yotzer) m, יוצרת (he) (yotzeret) f (God or human being), בורא (he) (bore') m (who creates from nothing; God)
• Italian: creatore (it) m
• Japanese: 創造主 (ja) (そうぞうしゅ, sōzōshu), 創造者 (ja) (そうぞうしゃ, sōzōsha), クリエイター (ja) (kurieitā), 創作者 (ja) (そうさくしゃ, sōsakusha)
• Korean: 창조자 (ko) (changjoja) (創造者 (ko))
• Kurdish: afirîner (ku), çêker (ku), دروستکار (ku)

• Latin: creator (la) m
• Lithuanian: kūrėjas (lt) m, kūrėja (lt) f
• Norwegian: skaper (no) m
• Old French: creatur m
• Old Provençal: creator
• Polish: twórca (pl) m
• Portuguese: criador (pt) m
• Russian: создатель (ru) (sozdátelʹ) m, создательница (ru) (sozdátelʹnica) f, творец (ru) (tvoréc) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: творац (sh), створитељ (sh), стваралац (sh), ствараоц (sh), стваратељ (sh) m, стваратељица (sh) f

  Roman: tvorac (sh), stvoritelj (sh), stvaralac (sh), stvaraoc (sh), stvaratelj (sh) m, stvarateljica (sh) f

• Spanish: creador (es) m
• Swedish: skapare (sv)
• Vietnamese: người sáng tạo (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) jafan (vo), (♂) hijafan (vo), (♀) jijafan (vo), (older term) jafel (vo)
• Welsh: crëwr (cy)
• Zulu: umenzi (zu) 1/2

the deity that created the world

• Afrikaans: skepper (af)
• Arabic: خالق (ar) (xāliq) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 造物主 (cmn) (zàowùzhǔ)

• Dutch: schepper (nl) m
• French: créateur (fr) m
• German: Schöpfer (de) m, Schöpfergott (de) m, Weltschöpfer (de) m

• Japanese: 造物主 (ja) (ぞうぶつしゅ, zōbutsushu)
• Korean: 조물주 (ko) (jomulju) (造物主 (ko))
• Persian: خالق (fa) (xâleq)
• Russian: создатель (ru) (sozdátelʹ) m, творец (ru) (tvoréc) m
• Vietnamese: tạo vật chủ (vi) (造物主 (vi)), tạo hóa (vi)
• Volapük: Jafal (vo), Lemekal (vo)

Anagrams

• reactor

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Latin

Etymology

From creō (“create, make”).

Noun

creātor (genitive creātōris); m, third declension

1. A creator, author, founder.
2. A person who elects or appoints to an office.
3. The creator of the world; God.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	creātor	creātōrēs
genitive	creātōris	creātōrum
dative	creātōrī	creātōribus
accusative	creātōrem	creātōrēs
ablative	creātōre	creātōribus
vocative	creātor	creātōrēs

Derived terms

• creātrīx

Related terms

creābilis creāmen creātiō

creātūra creō

Descendants

Catalan: creador English: creator French: créateur

Italian: creatore Romanian: creator Spanish: creador

Verb

creātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of creō
   1. "thou shalt be created"
   2. "thou shalt be begotten"
   3. "thou shalt be chosen"
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of creō
   1. "he (she, it) shall be created, it shall be made, it shall be produced"
   2. "he (she, it) shall be begotten"
   3. "he (she, it) shall be chosen"