raptor

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæptɚ/

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• Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Latin raptor (“thief”).

Alternative forms

• raptour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

1. A bird of prey.
2. (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.

Related terms

• oviraptor
• raptorial

 

Translations

bird of prey — see bird of prey

Etymology 2

Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor, ultimately of the same etymology above.

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

1. (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

Derived terms

• Utahraptor
• utahraptor

 

Related terms

• Velociraptor
• velociraptor

 

Hyponyms

• utahraptor
• velociraptor

 

Further reading

• raptor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Parrot, parrot

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Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈräpt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈräpt̪or]

Noun

raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension

1. A thief, robber, plunderer.
2. An abductor, kidnapper.

   Synonym: rapīnātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	raptor	raptōrēs
Genitive	raptōris	raptōrum
Dative	raptōrī	raptōribus
Accusative	raptōrem	raptōrēs
Ablative	raptōre	raptōribus
Vocative	raptor	raptōrēs

Derived terms

• raptrīx

Related terms

Related terms

• rapācida
• rapācitās
• rapāx
• rapidē
• rapiditās

• rapidulus
• rapidus
• rapīna
• rapīnātiō

• rapīnātor
• rapiō
• raptim
• raptiō

• raptitō
• raptō
• raptum
• raptus

Descendants

• → Catalan: raptor
• → English: raptor
• → Portuguese: raptor
• → Spanish: raptor

References

• “raptor”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “raptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• raptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin raptor.

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

1. abductor; kidnapper

   Synonym: sequestrador

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin raptor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rabˈtoɾ/, [raβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

1. kidnapper; abductor

Further reading

• “raptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014