impulsor

English

Etymology

Latin impulsor

Noun

impulsor (plural impulsors)

1. One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:

     Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.

Related terms

• impulse
• impulsion
• impulsive
• impulsively
• impulsiveness

References

• “impulsor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “impulsor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.pulˈso]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [im.pulˈsoɾ]

Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsors, feminine plural impulsores)

1. impulsive

Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsors, feminine impulsora)

1. promoter

Further reading

• “impulsor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “impulsor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “impulsor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “impulsor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /imˈpul.sor/, [ɪmˈpʊɫ̪s̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpul.sor/, [imˈpulsor]

Noun

impulsor m (genitive impulsōris); third declension

1. inciter, instigator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	impulsor	impulsōrēs
Genitive	impulsōris	impulsōrum
Dative	impulsōrī	impulsōribus
Accusative	impulsōrem	impulsōrēs
Ablative	impulsōre	impulsōribus
Vocative	impulsor	impulsōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: impulsor
• Italian: impulsore
• Portuguese: impulsor
• Spanish: impulsor

References

• “impulsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impulsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impulsōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoɻ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pulˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puɫˈsoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pulˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puɫˈsoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pulˈso.ɾi/ [ĩ.puɫˈso.ɾi]

Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)

1. impulsive; impellent (which impels, drives)

   Synonyms: impulsivo, impelente

Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsores, feminine impulsora, feminine plural impulsoras)

1. impulsor; inciter; instigator

   Synonym: instigador

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French impulseur.

Noun

impulsor n (plural impulsoare)

1. impeller (of a pump)

Declension

Declension of impulsor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) impulsor	impulsorul	(niște) impulsoare	impulsoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) impulsor	impulsorului	(unor) impulsoare	impulsoarelor
vocative	impulsorule		impulsoarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin impulsor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impulˈsoɾ/ [ĩm.pulˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: im‧pul‧sor

Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)

1. driving
2. impulsive

Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsores)

1. impeller

Further reading

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