editor

English

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Alternative forms

• editour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin editionem (nominative editio) ‘a bringing forth, producing’, from perfect passive participle editus, from stem of verb edere, ‘bring forth, produce’, from ex-, ‘out’ + -dere, combining form of dare, ‘to give’; + noun of agent suffix -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"Ed.I.t@(r\)/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

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 or similar institution who edits stories and 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.

Translations

person who edits

• Arabic: محرر (ar) (muHarrir) m
• Bulgarian: редактор (bg) (redaktor) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯 (cmn), 编辑 (cmn) (biānjí)

• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m
• Esperanto: redaktoro (eo), redaktisto (eo)
• Finnish: muokkaaja
• French: rédacteur (fr) m
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) (syntáktis) m
• Hebrew: עורך (he)
• Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu)
• Irish: eagarthóir (ga) m

• Italian: redattore (it)
• Japanese: 編集者 (ja) (henshūsha)
• Korean: 편집인 (ko), 편자 (ko)
• Malay: penyunting (ms), editor (ms), pengedit (ms)
• Norwegian: redaktør (no) m
• Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) (virâyešgar), ویراستار (fa) (virâstâr)
• Polish: redaktor m
• Portuguese: editor (pt), editora (pt) f
• Romanian: redactor-șef m, editor (ro) m
• Russian: редактор (ru) (redáktor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh m and f, deasaiche (gd) m
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c

person who edited a specific document

• Greek: επιμελητής (el) (epimelitís) m
• Irish: eagarthóir (ga) m
• Malay: penyunting (ms), editor (ms), pengedit (ms)

• Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche (gd) m, neach-deasachaidh (gd) m and f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)

newspaper editor

• Arabic: محرر (ar) (muHarrir) m
• Bulgarian: редактор (bg) (redaktor) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯 (cmn), 编辑 (cmn) (biānjí)

• Czech: redaktor (cs) m
• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m, krantenredacteur (nl) m
• Finnish: toimittaja (fi), päätoimittaja (fi)
• French: éditeur (fr) m
• German: Redakteur m, Redakteurin f
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) (syntáktis) m
• Irish: eagarthóir (ga) m

• Japanese: 編集者 (ja) (henshūsha)
• Malay: penyunting (ms), editor (ms), pengedit (ms)
• Norwegian: redaktør (no) m
• Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Romanian: editor (ro) m
• Russian: редактор (ru) (redáktor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche (gd) m, neach-deasachaidh (gd) m and f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c
• Turkish: editör (tr)

machine for editing film

• French: monteuse (fr) m
• Italian: giuntatrice (it) f
• Malay: penyunting (ms), editor (ms), pengedit (ms)

• Persian: تدوینگر (fa) (tadvingar)
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)

program for modifying text files

• Bulgarian: редактор (bg) (redaktor) m
• Czech: editor (cs) m
• Dutch: editor (nl) m, tekstverwerker (nl) m
• Finnish: editori (fi)
• Icelandic: ritill (is) m, textaritill (is) m
• Irish: eagarthóir (ga) m
• Italian: editor (it)

• Malay: penyunting (ms), editor (ms), pengedit (ms)
• Norwegian: editor (no) m
• Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Polish: edytor m, edytor tekstu m
• Russian: редактор (ru) (redáktor) m
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redigerare (sv) c, texteditor (sv) c

someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order

• Czech: střihač (cs) m
• French: monteur (fr) m
• Irish: eagarthóir (ga) m
• Malay: penyunting (ms), editor (ms), pengedit (ms)

• Persian: تدوینگر (fa) (tadvingar)
• Polish: montażysta m, montażystka f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Turkish: editör (tr)

Derived terms

• copy editor
• flatbed editor
• editorial
• editorializing
• preditor‎
• editor-in-chief

Anagrams

• dotier
• rioted
• tie rod
• triode

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Czech

Noun

editor m

1. editor (computer program)

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Dutch

Etymology

From English editor.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛdɪtɔr/

Noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje)

1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“[I] eat”).

Verb

editor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of edō
   1. "thou shalt be eaten"
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of edō
   1. "he (she, it) shall be eaten"

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō (“bring forth; bring about”).

Verb

ēditor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō
   1. "thou shalt be brought forth; thou shalt be ejected, thou shalt be discharged"
   2. "thou shalt be produced; thou shalt be begotten"
   3. "thou shalt be published, thou shalt be spread abroad"
   4. "thou shalt be related, thou shalt be told; thou shalt be disclosed, thou shalt be announced"
   5. "thou shalt be performed, thou shalt be brought about"
   6. "thou shalt be lifted, thou shalt be elevated"
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō
   1. "he (she, it) shall be brought forth; he (she, it) shall be ejected, he (she, it) shall be discharged"
   2. "he (she, it) shall be produced; he (she, it) shall be begotten"
   3. "he (she, it) shall be published, he (she, it) shall be spread abroad"
   4. "he (she, it) shall be related, he (she, it) shall be told; he (she, it) shall be disclosed, he (she, it) shall be announced"
   5. "he (she, it) shall be performed, he (she, it) shall be brought about"
   6. "he (she, it) shall be lifted, he (she, it) shall be elevated"

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Spanish

Noun

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

1. editor

Related terms

• editar