senator

See also: Senator and senátor

English

Alternative forms

• senatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: sen‧a‧tor

Noun

senator (plural senators)

1. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
   • 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31

     It was disbanded when Derrick was only six, after that grouchy old ultra-Libertarian Senator Timothy de Illy made “welfare hotel for Third-World nations” a household catchphrase.

   • 2007, Biden, Joe, Promises to Keep‎^[1], New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, LCCN 2007019603, OCLC 1262796254, page 78:

     I was a United States senator-elect at age thirty.

2. (dated) A member of any legislative body or parliament, particularly the British Parliament.
3. (historical) A member of the ancient Roman Senate.
4. (historical) A member of a governing council in other states in the ancient world.
5. A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth,
     And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators.

6. (obsolete) An important church official.

Related terms

• senate
• senatress
• senatrix

Translations

member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate

• Afrikaans: senator
• Albanian: senator (sq) m
• Arabic: سِنَاتُور‎ m (sinātūr)
• Armenian: սենատոր (hy) (senator)
• Azerbaijani: senator
• Basque: senatari (eu)
• Belarusian: сена́тар m (sjenátar)
• Bengali: সিনেটার (śineṭar)
• Bulgarian: сена́тор m (senátor)
• Catalan: senador (ca) m, senadora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 參議員 (zh), 参议员 (zh) (cānyìyuán)

• Czech: senátor (cs) m
• Danish: senator c
• Dutch: senator (nl) m
• Esperanto: senatano
• Estonian: senaator
• Finnish: senaattori (fi)
• French: sénateur (fr) m, sénatrice (fr) f
• Galician: senador (gl) m, senadora f
• Georgian: სენატორი (senaṭori)
• German: Senator (de) m, Senatorin (de) f
• Greek: γερουσιαστής (el) m (gerousiastís)
• Hawaiian: kenekoa
• Hebrew: סֵנָטוֹר / סנאטור‎ (he) m (senator), סנאטורית‎ f (senatorit)
• Hindi: सीनेटर m (sīneṭar)
• Hungarian: szenátor (hu)
• Hunsrik: Sënatoer m
• Icelandic: öldungaráðsmaður m
• Igbo: asogwa
• Indonesian: senator (id)
• Irish: seanadóir m
• Italian: senatore (it) m, senatrice (it) f

• Japanese: 上院議員 (じょういんぎいん, jōin giin)
• Kazakh: сенатор (senator)
• Korean: 상원의원(上院議員) (sang'wonuiwon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: senator (ku)

• Kyrgyz: сенатор (ky) (senator)
• Latin: senātor m
• Latvian: senators m
• Lithuanian: senatorius m
• Macedonian: сена́тор m (senátor)
• Norman: sénateu m
• Persian: سناتور‎ (fa) (senâtor)
• Polish: senator (pl) m, senatorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: senador (pt) m, senadora f
• Romanian: senator (ro) m, senatoare f
• Russian: сена́тор (ru) m (senátor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сѐна̄тор m

  Roman: sènātor (sh) m

• Slovak: senátor m
• Slovene: senator (sl) m
• Sotho: mosenate
• Spanish: senador (es) m, senadora f
• Swahili: seneta
• Swedish: senator (sv) c
• Thai: สมาชิกวุฒิสภา (th) (sà-maa-chík-wút-tí-sà-paa), วุฒิสมาชิก (th) (wút-tí-sà-maa-chík), ส.ว. (th) (sɔ̌ɔ.wɔɔ.)
• Turkish: senatör (tr)
• Turkmen: senator
• Ukrainian: сена́тор m (senátor)
• Urdu: سنٹر‎ m (sineṭar)
• Uzbek: senator (uz)
• Vietnamese: nghị sĩ (vi), thượng nghị sĩ (vi)
• Welsh: seneddwr
• Yiddish: סענאַטאָר‎ m (senator)

historic: position in government of ancient Rome

• Belarusian: сена́тар m (sjenátar)
• Bulgarian: сена́тор m (senátor)
• Finnish: senaattori (fi)
• Galician: senador (gl) m
• Georgian: სენატორი (senaṭori)
• Greek: συγκλητικός (el) (sygklitikós)
• Hebrew: סֵנָטוֹר / סנאטור‎ (he) m (senator)
• Indonesian: senator (id)
• Irish: seanadóir m

  Old Irish: senatóir m

• Latin: senātor m
• Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥‎ (sāntōr)
• Parthian: 𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓‎ (sānatōr [sʾntwr])
• Persian: سناتور‎ (fa) (senâtor)
• Romanian: senator (ro) m
• Russian: сена́тор (ru) m (senátor)
• Ukrainian: сена́тор m (senátor)

Coordinate terms

• congressman, congresswoman
• MP

References

• “senator” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Senate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Santore, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, roneats, rotanes, santero, seatron, tenoras, treason

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)

1. senator

Related terms

• senaat
• senatoriaal

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Ladin

Noun

senator f (plural senatores)

1. senator

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Latin

Etymology

From senātus (“senate”) +‎ -tor, originally from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈnaː.tor/, [s̠ɛˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈna.tor/, [seˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

senātor m (genitive senātōris); third declension

1. senator, member of the Roman Senate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	senātor	senātōrēs
Genitive	senātōris	senātōrum
Dative	senātōrī	senātōribus
Accusative	senātōrem	senātōrēs
Ablative	senātōre	senātōribus
Vocative	senātor	senātōrēs

Derived terms

• senāculum
• senātōrius
• senātrīx

Related terms

• senātus
• seneciō
• senectus

• seneō
• senex

Descendants

• English: senator
• French: sénateur
  • → Romanian: senator
  • → Turkish: senatör
• Galician: senador
• Irish: seanadóir
• Italian: senatore
• Middle Iranian: (As title of Roman politicians)

  Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭎𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭅𐭓‎ (sʾntwr /sāntūr/)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭥𐭥‎ (sʾntwr /sāntōr/)

• Norman: sénateu
• Portuguese: senador
• Russian: сена́тор (senátor)
• Sicilian: sinaturi
• Spanish: senador
• Welsh: henadur

References

• “senator”, 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.
• “senator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)

1. (politics) a senator

Related terms

• senat

References

• “senator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)

1. (politics) a senator

Related terms

• senat

References

• “senator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin senātor.

Noun

senator m (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)

1. senator (in Ancient Rome)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈna.tɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: se‧na‧tor

Noun

senator m pers (feminine senatorka)

1. senator (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)

Declension

Declension of senator

	singular	plural
nominative	senator	senatorzy/senatorowie
genitive	senatora	senatorów
dative	senatorowi	senatorom
accusative	senatora	senatorów
instrumental	senatorem	senatorami
locative	senatorze	senatorach
vocative	senatorze	senatorzy/senatorowie

Derived terms

noun

• senatorstwo

 

adjective

• senatorski

 

Related terms

noun

• senat

 

adjective

• senacki

 

Further reading

• senator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• senator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sénateur, Latin senātor.

Noun

senator m (plural senatori)

1. senator

Declension

Declension of senator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) senator	senatorul	(niște) senatori	senatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) senator	senatorului	(unor) senatori	senatorilor
vocative	senatorule		senatorilor

Related terms

• senat

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sènāt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěnaːtor/
• Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)

1. senator

Declension

Declension of senator

	singular	plural
nominative	senator	senatori
genitive	senatora	senatora
dative	senatoru	senatorima
accusative	senatora	senatore
vocative	senatore	senatori
locative	senatoru	senatorima
instrumental	senatorom	senatorima

References

• “senator” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Noun

senator c

1. a senator (member of a senate)

Declension

Declension of senator
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	senator	senatorn	senatorer	senatorerna
Genitive	senators	senatorns	senatorers	senatorernas

Anagrams

• noteras, sotaren