interlocutor

English

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Alternative forms

• interlocutour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/
• "in-t&r-'lä-ky&-t&r

Etymology 1

A noun-form of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

Noun

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

1. A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
   • 1894, Calvin Thomas, "The Teacher's Outfit in German," The School Review, vol. 2, no. 7, p. 406,

     Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.

2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader.
   • 1991, Maureen Costonis, "Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress," American Music, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 299,

     The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.

3. (law) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

Related terms

Terms related to interlocutor

interlocution interlocutorily

interlocutory interlocutress

interlocutrice interlocutrix

Translations

A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation

Chinese: Mandarin: 對話者 (cmn), 对话者 (cmn) (duìhuàzhě), 對談者 (cmn), 对谈者 (cmn) (duìtánzhě) Dutch: gesprekspartner (nl) Finnish: keskustelutoveri (fi), keskustelukumppani (fi) French: interlocuteur (fr) m., interlocutrice (fr) f. German: Gesprächspartner (de) m. Icelandic: viðmælandi (is) m. Italian: interlocutore (it) m. Japanese: 対話者 (ja) (たいわしゃ, taiwasha), 対談者 (ja) (たいだんしゃ, taidansha)

Korean: 대화자 (ko) (daehwaja) (對話者 (ko)) Macedonian: соговорник (mk) (sogóvornik) m. Polish: rozmówca (pl), rozmówczyni (pl) f., interlokutor (pl) m., interlokutorka (pl) f. Russian: собеседник (ru) (sobesédnik) m., собеседница (ru) (sobesédnica) f. Serbo-Croatian: саговорник (sh) m., sagovornik (sh) m., суговорник (sh) m., sugovornik (sh) m., саговорница (sh) f., sagovornica (sh) f., суговорница (sh), sugovornica (sh) f. Slovene: sogovornik (sl) m.

A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show

Etymology 2

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.

Noun

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

1. (Scotland, law) A decree of a court.
   • 1869, "The Judicial System of Scotland," The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 17, no. 5, p. 257,

     A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.

Translations

Scottish law: decree of a court

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Spanish

Noun

interlocutor m. (plural interlocutores, feminine singular interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

1. negotiator
   • 2009 June 10, “Gadafi levanta una tienda en Roma”, BBC Mundo:

     Gadafi recibirá a sus interlocutores en una carpa de estilo beduino...

     Gadafi will receive his negotiators with a Bedouin-style carpet...