reflector

English

Alternative forms

• reflecter

Etymology

reflect +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

Noun

reflector (plural reflectors)

1. Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.

2. A reflecting telescope.
3. A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles.
4. A safety reflector.
5. One who reflects on something; one who thinks or considers at length.
   • 1993, Robert W. Terry, Authentic Leadership: Courage in Action (page 48)

     Most reflectors on leadership are comfortable thinking of "ethical" and "unethical" as modifiers of leadership.

Derived terms

• retroreflector
• subreflector

Translations

something that reflects heat, light or sound

• Bulgarian: отражател m (otražatel), рефлектор m (reflektor)
• Finnish: heijastin (fi)
• Irish: frithchaiteoir m
• Italian: riflettore (it) m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: reflektor m, refleksbrikke m or f

  Nynorsk: reflektor m, refleksbrikke f

• Piedmontese: rifletor m
• Turkish: reflektör (tr), yansıtıcı (tr)
• Ukrainian: відбива́ч m (vidbyváč)

reflecting telescope — see reflecting telescope

small reflecting disk on a vehicle

• Azerbaijani: qaytarıcı
• Bulgarian: рефлектор m (reflektor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反射器 (zh) (fǎnshèqì), 反射鏡／反射镜 (zh) (fǎnshèjìng), 反射镜 (zh) (fǎnshèjìng)

• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: heijastin (fi)
• French: réflecteur (fr) m
• German: Reflektor (de) m
• Japanese: 反射鏡 (はんしゃきょう, hanshakyō)
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• Korean: 반사경 (ko) (bansagyeong), 반사체 (ko) (bansache)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: refleksbrikke m

• Polish: odblask m
• Romanian: reflector (ro) n
• Russian: отража́тель (ru) m (otražátelʹ), рефле́ктор (ru) m (refléktor)
• Swedish: reflex (sv) c
• Turkish: reflektör (tr)

safety reflector — see safety reflector

See also

• (telescope): refractor

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.fləkˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.flekˈtoɾ]

Adjective

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectors, feminine plural reflectores)

1. reflective

Synonyms

• reflectant

Further reading

• “reflector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reflector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

reflector m (plural reflectors or reflectoren, diminutive reflectortje n)

1. reflector (reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle; chiefly a bicycle)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) reflector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of reflectō

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧flec‧tor

Noun

reflector m (plural reflectores)

1. Template:pt-superseded-silent-letter-1990

Adjective

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectores, feminine plural reflectoras)

1. Template:pt-superseded-silent-letter-1990

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Romanian

Etymology

From French réflecteur.

Noun

reflector n (plural reflectoare)

1. reflector

Declension

Declension of reflector

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) reflector	reflectorul	(niște) reflectoare	reflectoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) reflector	reflectorului	(unor) reflectoare	reflectoarelor
vocative	reflectorule		reflectoarelor

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Spanish

Adjective

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectores, feminine plural reflectoras)

1. reflecting

Noun

reflector m (plural reflectores)

1. reflector
2. spotlight
   • 2015 July 7, “Violencia contra periodistas en México: de norte a sur”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Hace cinco años los reflectores de la violencia contra periodistas estaban en otro lado, en los estados del norte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “reflector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014