imitator

See also: Imitator

English

Alternative forms

• imitatour (obsolete)

Etymology

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Noun

imitator (plural imitators)

1. A person who imitates or apes another.

   Synonym: aper

Derived terms

• great imitator

Related terms

• imitate

Translations

one who imitates another

• Catalan: imitador (ca) m
• Dutch: imitator (nl) m
• Finnish: matkija (fi)
• French: imitateur (fr) m
• German: Nachahmer (de) m, Nachahmerin (de) f, Epigone (de) m, Epigonin f, Nachäffer m (colloquial), Nachäfferin f, Nachbeter m (colloquial, pejorative, t-, de, Nachbeterin), Nachsprecher m, Nachsprecherin f, Papagei (de) m, Papageiin f, Echo (de) n
• Hungarian: utánzó (hu), majmoló, epigon (hu), imitátor (hu)
• Indonesian: peniru (id)
• Irish: aithriseoir m
• Italian: imitatore (it) m
• Japanese: 模倣者 (mohōsha), 亜流 (aryū)
• Korean: 모방자 (mobangja)
• Latin: imitātor m, imitātrix f, simulātor m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: imitator m

  Nynorsk: imitator m

• Russian: имита́тор (ru) m (imitátor), подража́тель (ru) m (podražátelʹ)
• Spanish: imitador (es) m

Anagrams

• Mariotti, Timariot

Latin

Etymology

From imitor +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.miˈtaː.tor/, [ɪmɪˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.tor/, [imiˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

imitātor m (genitive imitātōris); third declension

1. imitator
2. mimic

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	imitātor	imitātōrēs
Genitive	imitātōris	imitātōrum
Dative	imitātōrī	imitātōribus
Accusative	imitātōrem	imitātōrēs
Ablative	imitātōre	imitātōribus
Vocative	imitātor	imitātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: imitador
• English: imitator
• French: imitateur
• Galician: imitador
• Italian: imitatore
• Portuguese: imitador
• Romanian: imitator
• Russian: имита́тор (imitátor)
• Spanish: imitador

Verb

imitātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of imitor

References

• “imitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imitator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin imitator.

Noun

imitator m (definite singular imitatoren, indefinite plural imitatorer, definite plural imitatorene)

1. an imitator

Related terms

• imitere

References

• “imitator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “imitator” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin imitator.

Noun

imitator m (definite singular imitatoren, indefinite plural imitatorar, definite plural imitatorane)

1. an imitator

Related terms

• imitere

References

• “imitator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French imitateur, from Latin imitātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: i‧mi‧ta‧tor

Noun

imitator m pers (feminine imitatorka)

1. imitator, mimic

Declension

Declension of imitator

	singular	plural
nominative	imitator	imitatorzy/imitatory (deprecative)
genitive	imitatora	imitatorów
dative	imitatorowi	imitatorom
accusative	imitatora	imitatorów
instrumental	imitatorem	imitatorami
locative	imitatorze	imitatorach
vocative	imitatorze	imitatorzy

Further reading

• imitator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• imitator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French imitateur. Equivalent to imita +‎ -tor.

Noun

imitator m (plural imitatori)

1. copycat

Declension

Declension of imitator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) imitator	imitatorul	(niște) imitatori	imitatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) imitator	imitatorului	(unor) imitatori	imitatorilor
vocative	imitatorule		imitatorilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imǐtaːtor/
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta‧tor

Noun

imìtātor m (Cyrillic spelling имѝта̄тор)

1. imitator

Declension

Declension of imitator

	singular	plural
nominative	imitator	imitatori
genitive	imitatora	imitatora
dative	imitatoru	imitatorima
accusative	imitatora	imitatore
vocative	imitatore	imitatori
locative	imitatoru	imitatorima
instrumental	imitatorom	imitatorima