orator

English

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Alternative forms

• oratour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"Q.r@.t@(r)/
• (US) enPR: ôr'ə-tər

Noun

orator (plural orators)

1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
2. A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

Translations

someone who orates or delivers an oration

Armenian: հռետոր (hy) (hṙetor) Croatian: orator (hr) m. Czech: řečník (cs) m. Esperanto: oratoro (eo) Finnish: puhuja (fi)

German: Redner (de) m., Rednerin (de) f. Latin: orator (la) m. Romanian: orator (ro) m., oratoare (ro) f. Serbian: besednik m.

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• German: Redner m., Rednerin f.
• Romanian: vorbitor m., vorbitoare f.

Derived terms

oratory

stump orator

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Latin

Etymology

From orare.

Noun

ōrātor (genitive ōrātōris); m, third declension

1. orator, speaker

Inflection

Third declension (3).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ōrātor	ōrātōrēs
genitive	ōrātōris	ōrātōrum
dative	ōrātōrī	ōrātōribus
accusative	ōrātōrem	ōrātōrēs
ablative	ōrātōre	ōrātōribus
vocative	ōrātor	ōrātōrēs

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Romanian

Noun

orator m. (plural oratori)

1. orator, speaker

Declension

declension of orator

	singular		plural
gender m.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un orator	oratorul	niște oratori	oratorii
genitive/dative	unui orator	oratorului	unor oratori	oratorilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ǒraːtor/
• Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tor

Noun

òrātor m. (Cyrillic spelling о̀ра̄тор)

1. orator

Declension

    declension of orator

	singular	plural
nominative	orator	oratori
genitive	oratora	oratora
dative	oratoru	oratorima
accusative	oratora	oratore
vocative	oratore	oratori
locative	oratoru	oratorima
instrumental	oratorom	oratorima