locator

English

Etymology

From Latin locātor. By surface analysis, locate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləʊˈkeɪtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊkeɪtɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

locator (plural locators)

1. One who, or that which, locates.

   I found the opening times for my local branch using the Web site's store locator.

2. (US) One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.
3. (travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking.

Derived terms

• echolocator
• emergency locator transmitter
• emergency locator transponder
• geolocator
• gunfire locator
• locator map
• locator outer marker
• personal locator beacon
• personal locator radio-beacon
• record locator
• Uniform Resource Locator
• vendor locator

Related terms

• locant
• location
• locus

Anagrams

• carotol, cool art, crotalo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *stel-der.

Proto-Italic *stlokos?

Old Latin stlocus

Latin locus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin locō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin locātor

From locō + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫɔˈkaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [loˈkaː.tor]

Noun

locātor m (genitive locātōris); third declension

1. letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)
2. contractor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	locātor	locātōrēs
genitive	locātōris	locātōrum
dative	locātōrī	locātōribus
accusative	locātōrem	locātōrēs
ablative	locātōre	locātōribus
vocative	locātor	locātōrēs

Verb

locātor

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locator.

Noun

locator m (plural locatori)

1. letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	locator	locatorul	locatori	locatorii
genitive-dative	locator	locatorului	locatori	locatorilor
vocative	locatorule		locatorilor