interlocutor
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- interlocutour (obsolete)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/, /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/
Etymology 1
[edit]The agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).
Noun
[edit]interlocutor (plural interlocutors)
- A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
- Synonyms: converser, conversant, conversationalist, partner, collocutor
- Coordinate terms: asker, answerer, correspondent, interviewer, interviewee, penpal
- 1894, Calvin Thomas, “The Teacher's Outfit in German”, in The School Review, volume 2, number 7, page 406:
- Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
- A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
- 1991, Maureen Costonis, “Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress”, in American Music, volume 9, number 3, page 299:
- The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
- (law) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
Related terms
[edit]Terms related to interlocutor
Translations
[edit]a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
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a man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show
Etymology 2
[edit]From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.
Noun
[edit]interlocutor (plural interlocutors)
- (Scots law) A decree of a court.
- 1869, “The Judicial System of Scotland”, in The American Law Register (1852-1891), volume 17, number 5, page 257:
- A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.
Translations
[edit]Scots law: decree of a court
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [in.tər.lu.kuˈto]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.tər.lo.kuˈto]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.lo.kuˈtoɾ]
Noun
[edit]interlocutor m (plural interlocutors, feminine interlocutora)
- interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “interlocutor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “interlocutor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “interlocutor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “interlocutor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
[edit]Noun
[edit]interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)
- interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “interlocutor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧lo‧cu‧tor
Noun
[edit]interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)
- interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French interlocuteur.
Noun
[edit]interlocutor m (plural interlocutori)
Declension
[edit]Declension of interlocutor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) interlocutor | interlocutorul | (niște) interlocutori | interlocutorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) interlocutor | interlocutorului | (unor) interlocutori | interlocutorilor |
vocative | interlocutorule | interlocutorilor |
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)
- interlocutor
- 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 19:
- Los dos mentíamos y cada cual sabía que su interlocutor estaba mintiendo.
- We were both lying and each one of us knew that his interlocutor was lying.
- negotiator
- 2009 June 10, “Gadafi levanta una tienda en Roma”, in BBC Mundo[1]:
- Gadafi recibirá a sus interlocutores en una carpa de estilo beduino...
- Gaddafi will receive his negotiators with a Bedouin-style carpet...
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “interlocutor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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