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negator

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English

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Etymology

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From negate +‎ -or, or directly from Latin negātor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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negator (plural negators)

  1. One who, or that which, negates.
    1. (grammar) A word (or other structural element) which causes negation.
      The word "not" is a negator in English.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From negō (deny, refuse) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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negātor m (genitive negātōris); third declension

  1. a denier; apostate

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative negātor negātōrēs
genitive negātōris negātōrum
dative negātōrī negātōribus
accusative negātōrem negātōrēs
ablative negātōre negātōribus
vocative negātor negātōrēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: négateur
  • Italian: negatore
  • Occitan: negador
  • Portuguese: negador
  • Romanian: negator
  • Spanish: negador

References

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  • negator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "negator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • negator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French négateur. By surface analysis, nega +‎ -tor.

Noun

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negator m (plural negatori)

  1. negator, denier detractor

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative negator negatorul negatori negatorii
genitive-dative negator negatorului negatori negatorilor
vocative negatorule negatorilor

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /něɡaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧tor

Noun

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nègātor m anim (Cyrillic spelling нѐга̄тор)

  1. negator, denier

Declension

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Declension of negator
singular plural
nominative negator negatori
genitive negatora negatora
dative negatoru negatorima
accusative negatora negatore
vocative negatoru negatori
locative negatoru negatorima
instrumental negatorom negatorima