raptor

English

Alternative forms

• raptour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology 1

From Latin raptor (“thief”).

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

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

Translations

bird of prey — see bird of prey

Etymology 2

Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; shortened from velociraptor.

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

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

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/, [ˈrap.tɔr]

Noun

raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension

1. A thief, robber, plunderer.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	raptor	raptōrēs
genitive	raptōris	raptōrum
dative	raptōrī	raptōribus
accusative	raptōrem	raptōrēs
ablative	raptōre	raptōribus
vocative	raptor	raptōrēs

Synonyms

• (robber): rapīnātor

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

• English: raptor
• Spanish: raptor

References

• raptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• raptor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “raptor” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Portuguese

Noun

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

1. abductor; kidnapper

Synonyms

• sequestrador

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Spanish

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores)

1. kidnapper; abductor