masturbator

English

Alternative forms

• masturbater

Etymology

Etymology tree

English masturbate

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

▲

Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English masturbator

From masturbate + -or.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

masturbator (plural masturbators)

1. (sometimes derogatory) Someone who masturbates.

   Synonyms: jerk-off, self-abuser, self-polluter, wanker, see also Thesaurus:masturbator

   Antonym: fapstronaut

   Coordinate term: masturbatrix

2. A sex toy used to complement and help stimulate its user's erogenous zones during masturbation, and often designed to simulate an erotic body part (of an imaginary partner).

Derived terms

• maskurbator

Translations

someone who masturbates

• Albanian: masturbues m
• Azerbaijani: kəfləməçi
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: parasalsal

• Catalan: masturbador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: masturbanto, masturbantino (female)
• Finnish: masturboija
• French: masturbateur (fr) m, masturbatrice (fr) f, masturbant (fr) m, masturbante (fr) f
• Galician: masturbador m, masturbadora f
• German: Onanist (de) m, Onanistin (de) f, Wichser (de) m, Wichserin f, Masturbierer m, Masturbiererin f
• Greek: αυνανιστής (el) m (avnanistís), μαλάκας (el) m (malákas) (vulgar, slang), μαλάκω (el) f (maláko) (vulgar, slang)
• Italian: masturbatore (it) m, masturbatrice f
• Latin: masturbātor m, masturbātrīx f
• Lithuanian: masturbuotojas m, masturbuotoja f
• Polish: onanista (pl) m, onanistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: masturbador m, masturbadora f
• Romanian: masturbator m, onanist (ro) m, malahian m, malahist m
• Russian: онани́ст (ru) m (onaníst), онани́стка (ru) f (onanístka), мастурба́тор (ru) m (masturbátor), рукоблу́дник (ru) m (rukoblúdnik), рукоблу́дница (ru) f (rukoblúdnica), дрочи́ла (ru) m or f (dročíla), дро́чер (ru) m (dróčer)
• Slovene: onanist m, onanistka f
• Spanish: masturbador m, masturbadora f, onanista (es) m or f
• Turkish: mastürbatör
• Volapük: masturbatan

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin masturbor

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin masturbātor

From masturbor + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mas.tʊrˈbaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mas.turˈbaː.tor]

Verb

masturbātor

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

Noun

masturbātor m (genitive masturbātōris, feminine masturbātrīx); third declension

1. masturbator, onanist
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 14.203.1–2:

     Tam tremulum crīsat, tam blandum prūrit, ut ipsum
     Masturbātōrem fēcerit Hippolytum.

     She moves her hips shaking so much, she arouses charming so much, that she would make Hippolytus himself a masturbator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	masturbātor	masturbātōrēs
genitive	masturbātōris	masturbātōrum
dative	masturbātōrī	masturbātōribus
accusative	masturbātōrem	masturbātōrēs
ablative	masturbātōre	masturbātōribus
vocative	masturbātor	masturbātōrēs

References

• “masturbator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “masturbator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• masturbator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English masturbator, equivalent of masturba +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [masturbaˈtor]

Noun

masturbator m (plural masturbatori)

1. masturbator (a person who masturbates)

   Synonyms: onanist, malahian, malahist, (slang) labagiu

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	masturbator	masturbatorul	masturbatori	masturbatorii
genitive-dative	masturbator	masturbatorului	masturbatori	masturbatorilor
vocative	masturbatorule		masturbatorilor

Noun

masturbator n (plural masturbatoare)

1. sex toy (especially one intended for solo use)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	masturbator	masturbatorul	masturbatoare	masturbatoarele
genitive-dative	masturbator	masturbatorului	masturbatoare	masturbatoarelor
vocative	masturbatorule		masturbatoarelor