interrogator

English

Etymology

From Latin interrogātor. By surface analysis, interrogate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

interrogator (plural interrogators)

1. One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

   Synonyms: inquisitor, inquirer, questioner

   Antonyms: interrogatee, questionee; see also Thesaurus:askee

2. A device that requests data from another device.
   • 2002, Mark Beaulieu, Wireless Internet applications and architecture, page 126:

     Any RFID interrogator within 30 meters can read an RFID tag in active mode.

Derived terms

• interrogatress
• interrogatrix

Related terms

• interrogable
• interrogate
• interrogation
• interrogative

Translations

one who interrogates, a questioner

• Arabic: سَائِل m (sāʔil), سَائِلَة f (sāʔila)
• Bulgarian: разпи́тващ (bg) m (razpítvašt)
• Dutch: ondervrager (nl) m, ondervraagster f, verhoorder (nl) m
• Finnish: kuulustelija (fi)
• French: interrogateur (fr) m, interrogatrice (fr) f
• Georgian: დამკითხველი (damḳitxveli)
• German: Fragender m, Fragende f, Fragesteller (de) m, Fragestellerin (de) f, Frager (de) m
• Greek: ανακριτής (el) m (anakritís)
• Hindi: प्रश्नक (praśnak), परिप्रश्नक (paripraśnak), प्रश्नकर्ता (praśnakartā)
• Latin: percontātor m
• Occitan: interrogator m, questionaire (oc) m
• Portuguese: interrogador m
• Spanish: interrogador (es) m

Further reading

• Interrogation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• retrogration

Latin

Etymology

From interrogō (“inquire, interrogate; argue”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛr.rɔˈɡaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.ter.roˈɡaː.tor]

Noun

interrogātor m (genitive interrogātōris); third declension

1. An interrogator.
2. A wizard.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	interrogātor	interrogātōrēs
genitive	interrogātōris	interrogātōrum
dative	interrogātōrī	interrogātōribus
accusative	interrogātōrem	interrogātōrēs
ablative	interrogātōre	interrogātōribus
vocative	interrogātor	interrogātōrēs

Derived terms

• interrogātōrius

Related terms

• interrogāmentum
• interroganter
• interrogātiō
• interrogātiuncula
• interrogātīvē
• interrogātīvus
• interrogō

Descendants

• → English: interrogator
• → French: interrogateur
• → Italian: interrogatore

References

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

Occitan

Noun

interrogator m (plural interrogators, feminine interrogatritz, feminine plural interrogatrises) (Languedoc)

1. interrogator

Related terms

• interrogacion
• interrogar
• interrogatiu
• interrogatòri

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 322