negator

English

Etymology

From negate +‎ -or, or directly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin negātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈɡeɪtəɹ/

Noun

negator (plural negators)

1. One who, or that which, negates.
2. (grammar) A word (or other structural element) which causes negation (such as the word not in English).

Translations

word causing negation

• Hungarian: tagadószó
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: neitunarorð n

Anagrams

• NOR gate, argento-, teragon, tronage

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Latin

Etymology

From negō (“deny, refuse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neˈɡaː.tor/, [nɛˈɡäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈɡa.tor/, [neˈɡäːt̪or]

Noun

negātor m (genitive negātōris); third declension

1. a denier; apostate

Declension

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

• negātōrius

Related terms

• negātiō
• negātīvē
• negātīvus
• negō

References

• “negator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• negator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nègātor m (Cyrillic spelling нѐга̄тор)

1. negator, denier

Declension

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