retentor

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

Noun

retentor (plural retentors)

1. A muscle which holds a body part in place, notably in extended or retracted position

Related terms

Category English terms derived from the Tama (Colombia) root retentor- not found

Anagrams

• rottener

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

Noun

retentor m (plural retentoren or retentors or retentores, diminutive retentortje n)

1. (law) The holder of a right of retensio, i.e. to keep something one doesn't own

Related terms

• retentie

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Latin

Etymology

From retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈten.tor/, [rɛˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈten.tor/, [reˈt̪ɛn̪t̪or]

Noun

retentor m (genitive retentōris); third declension

1. One who holds back; detainer, retainer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	retentor	retentōrēs
Genitive	retentōris	retentōrum
Dative	retentōrī	retentōribus
Accusative	retentōrem	retentōrēs
Ablative	retentōre	retentōribus
Vocative	retentor	retentōrēs

Related terms

• retentātor
• retentiō
• retentō
• retentus

• retināx
• retinēns
• retinentia

References

• “retentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• retentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.

Noun

retentor m (plural retentores)

1. retainer (any thing or person that retains)
2. (law) holder (person who holds a property)

Adjective

1. retaining (that retains)

Related terms

• reter