terminator

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin terminator from the verb terminare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)m.ɪn.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"t3:(r)m.In.eI.t@(r)/

Noun

terminator (plural terminators)

1. One who finishes.
2. (biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
3. (electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
4. (astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a planet.
5. (science fiction) An artificial intelligence machine, created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film The Terminator).

Synonyms

• (astronomy): grey line

Translations

one who finishes

• Finnish: lopettaja (fi), tuhoaja (fi)

• Russian: терминатор (ru) (terminator)

a DNA sequence

an electrical device

• Finnish: päätevastus (fi)
• French: terminateur (fr)

• Japanese: ターミネータ (ja) (tāminētā), 終端器 (ja) (shūtanki)

the line between the day side and the night side

• Finnish: terminaattori (fi)

• French: terminateur (fr)

an AI machine in science fiction

• Arabic: مبيد (ar) (mubiid) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終結者 (cmn), 终结者 (cmn) (zhōngjiézhě), 殲滅者 (cmn), 歼灭者 (cmn) (jiānmièzhě), (Taiwan) 魔鬼終結者 (cmn), 魔鬼终结者 (cmn) (móguǐ zhōngjiézhě)

• German: Terminator (de) m

• Hungarian: terminátor (hu)
• Japanese: ターミネーター (ja) (tāminētā)
• Marathi: टर्मिनेटर (mr) (ṭarmineṭara) m
• Russian: терминатор (ru) (terminátor) m

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Latin

Verb

terminātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of terminō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of terminō

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Polish

Noun

terminator m

1. (obsolete) apprentice

Declension

    declension of terminator

	singular	plural
nominative	terminator	terminatorzy
genitive	terminatora	terminatorów
dative	terminatorowi	terminatorom
accusative	terminator	terminatorów
instrumental	terminatorem	terminatorami
locative	terminatorze	terminatorach
vocative	terminatorze	terminatorzy