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.

Noun

creator (plural creators)

1. one who creates or makes something

   Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.

2. (religion) deity that created the world

Related terms

• create
• creation
• creative
• creature
• procreate
• recreate
• recreation

Translations

one who creates

Armenian: ստեղծող (hy) (steġçoġ), արարիչ (hy) (ararič) Bulgarian: създател (bg) m. Chinese: 創作者, 创作者 Croatian: stvàratelj (hr) m., stvaratèljica (hr) f., tvórac (hr) m. Czech: tvůrce (cs) m., stvořitel (cs) m. Dutch: maker (nl) m. Finnish: luoja (fi) French: créateur (fr) m. German: Schöpfer (de) m. Greek: δημιουργός (el) (δimiourgós) m. and f. Hebrew: יוצר (yotzer) m., יוצרת (yotzeret) f. (God or human being); בורא (bore') m. (who creates from nothing - God) Italian: creatore (it) m. Japanese: 創作者

Korean: 창조자 (ko) Kurdish: afirîner, çêker, دروستکار Latin: creator (la) m. Lithuanian: kūrėjas (lt) m., kūrėja (lt) f. Norwegian: skaper (no) m. Old Provençal: creator Polish: twórca m. Portuguese: criador (pt) m. Russian: создатель (ru) (sozdát'el') m., творец (ru) (tvor'éc) m. Serbian: tvorac, stvoritelj, stvaralac, stvaraoc Spanish: creador (es) m. Swedish: skapare (sv) Volapük: (male or female) jafan (vo), (male) hijafan (vo), (female) jijafan (vo), (older term) jafel (vo) Welsh: crëwr (cy)

deity that created the world

Afrikaans: skepper (af) Dutch: schepper (nl) m.

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

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"