destructor

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From destruct +‎ -or.

Noun[edit]

destructor (plural destructors)

  1. One who destructs.
  2. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
  3. (object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctōrem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructors, feminine plural destructores)

  1. destructive

Noun[edit]

destructor m (plural destructors)

  1. destroyer (someone who destroys)
  2. (computing) destructor
  3. destroyer warship

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Latin[edit]

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Noun[edit]

dēstrūctor m (genitive dēstrūctōris); third declension

  1. destroyer

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēstrūctor dēstrūctōrēs
Genitive dēstrūctōris dēstrūctōrum
Dative dēstrūctōrī dēstrūctōribus
Accusative dēstrūctōrem dēstrūctōrēs
Ablative dēstrūctōre dēstrūctōribus
Vocative dēstrūctor dēstrūctōrēs

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: destructor
  • French: destructeur
  • Spanish: destructor

References[edit]

  • destructor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • destructor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French destructeur.

Noun[edit]

destructor m (plural destructori)

  1. destroyer

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dēstrūctor.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /destɾuɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧truc‧tor

Adjective[edit]

destructor (feminine destructora, masculine plural destructores, feminine plural destructoras)

  1. destructive
  2. destroying

Noun[edit]

destructor m (plural destructores, feminine destructora, feminine plural destructoras)

  1. destructor

Noun[edit]

destructor m (plural destructores)

  1. destroyer (warship)

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