editor

See also: Editor

English

Alternative forms

• ed., edit. (abbreviations)
• Ed. (titular abbreviation)
• editour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From , from , from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtə/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• • (formal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtəɹ/, [ˈɛˑdɪtɚ]
  • (lax) IPA^(key): [ˈɛˑɾɪɾɚ]

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Hyphenation: ed‧i‧tor

Noun

editor (plural editors)

1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
2. A copy editor.
3. A person who edited a specific document.

   John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.

4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

   John is the city editor at the Daily Times.

5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
6. (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

   The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.

7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Derived terms

• copy editor
• edit
• editorial
• editorializing
• editor in chief
• flatbed editor
• photo editor
• preditor

 

Translations

person who edits

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر m (muḥarrir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxərrir)
• Bulgarian: редактор m (redaktor)
• Catalan: editor (ca) m, editora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯／编辑 (zh) (biānjí), 编辑 (zh) (biānjí)

• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m
• Esperanto: redaktoro (eo), redaktisto (eo)
• Finnish: muokkaaja (fi)
• French: rédacteur (fr) m
• Galician: editor (gl) m
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Hebrew: עורך
• Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu)
• Ido: redaktanto (io), redaktero (io), redaktisto (io)
• Indonesian: editor (id), pengedit (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: redattore (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 編集者 (henshūsha)
• Korean: 편집인 (ko) (pyeonjibin), 편자 (pyeonja)
• Latin: editor (la)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Maori: ētita
• Nepali: सम्पादक (sampādak)
• Norwegian: redaktør m
• Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) (virâyešgar), ویراستار (fa) (virâstâr)
• Polish: redaktor (pl) m
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m, editora (pt) f
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, editoare (ro) f, redactor (ro) m, redactoare (ro) f
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh m or f, deasaiche m
• Spanish: editor (es) m, editora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c, redaktris c (female)
• Yiddish: רעדאַקטאָר m (redaktor), רעדאַקטאָרין f (redaktorin), רעדאַקטאָרשע f (redaktorshe)

person who edited a specific document

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر m (muḥarrir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxərrir)
• Finnish: editoija
• French: lecteur-correcteur m, correcteur (fr) m, (Canada) réviseur (fr) m
• Greek: επιμελητής (el) m (epimelitís)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, editoare (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche m, neach-deasachaidh m or f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)

newspaper editor

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر m (muḥarrir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxərrir)
• Bulgarian: редактор m (redaktor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯／编辑 (zh) (biānjí), 编辑 (zh) (biānjí)

• Czech: redaktor (cs) m
• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m, krantenredacteur m
• Finnish: toimittaja (fi), päätoimittaja (fi)
• French: éditeur (fr) m
• German: Redakteur (de) m, Redakteurin (de) f
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Indonesian: editor (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: curatore (it) m, curatrice (it) f, redattore (it) m, redattrice f
• Japanese: 編集者 (henshūsha)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Norwegian: redaktør m
• Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Portuguese: jornalista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, redactor (ro) m
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche m, neach-deasachaidh m or f
• Spanish: director (es) m, directora (es) f, redactor m, redactora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c
• Turkish: editör (tr)

machine for editing film

• Finnish: filmileikkuri
• French: monteuse (fr) m
• Indonesian: editor (id)
• Italian: giuntatrice f
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: تدوینگر (fa) (tadvingar)
• Romanian: monteză f, montator (ro) f
• Spanish: montador m, montadora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)

program for modifying text files

• Bulgarian: редактор m (redaktor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 编辑器 (zh) (biānjíqì), 編輯器／编辑器 (zh) (biānjíqì)

• Czech: editor (cs) m
• Dutch: editor (nl) m, tekstverwerker (nl) m
• Finnish: editori (fi)
• German: Editor (de) m, Texteditor (de) m
• Icelandic: ritill (is) m, textaritill m
• Indonesian: editor (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: editor (it)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: pūwhakatika
• Norwegian: editor m
• Persian: ویرایشگر (fa) (virâyešgar)
• Polish: edytor (pl) m, edytor tekstu (pl) m
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m
• Romanian: editor (ro) n
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Spanish: editor (es) m
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redigerare (sv) c, texteditor (sv) c

someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: střihač m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: leikkaaja (fi), editoija
• French: monteur (fr) m
• Indonesian: editor (id), pengedit (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Persian: تدوینگر (fa) (tadvingar)
• Polish: montażysta m, montażystka f
• Romanian: montor (ro) m, montoare (ro) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: montador m, montadora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: editör (tr)

Anagrams

• dotier, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ðiˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ðiˈtoɾ]

Noun

editor m (plural editors, feminine editora)

1. editor

Further reading

• “editor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Noun

1. editor (computer program)

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Danish

Noun

editor c (singular definite editoren, plural indefinite editorer)

1. editor

Declension

Declension of editor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	editor	editoren	editorer	editorerne
genitive	editors	editorens	editorers	editorernes

Further reading

• “editor” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From English editor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Verb

(deprecated template usage) editor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of edō

Etymology 2

From ēdō (“to give out”), from e- (“out”) + dō (“give”).

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ēditor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō

Etymology 3

From ēdo +‎ -tor.

Noun

ēditor m (genitive ēditōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) editor, publisher

References

• “editor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• editor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/
• IPA^(key): /i.ðiˈtoɾ/

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor (person who edits)
2. publisher (one who publishes, especially books)
3. (computer software) editor (program for modifying text files)

Related terms

• editar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ediˈtoɾ/ [e.ð̞iˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor

Related terms

• editar