senator

See also: Senator and senátor

English

Alternative forms

• senatour (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/, /ˈsɛn.ə.ɾɚ/

Noun

senator (plural senators)

1. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate. The legislatures of the United States and Canada have senators.
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2. (historical) A position in government held in ancient Rome by experienced, elder officials as advisors or consultants for younger, less experienced functionaries.
3. A member of the king's council.

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Related terms

• senate
• senatress
• senatrix

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: senator
• Armenian: սենատոր (hy) (senator)
• Basque: senatari (eu)
• Catalan: senador (ca) m, senadora (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: senátor (cs) m
• Dutch: senator (nl) m
• Finnish: senaattori (fi)
• French: sénateur (fr) m, sénatrice (fr) f
• Galician: senador (gl) m, senadora f
• Georgian: სენატორი (senaṭori)
• German: Senator (de) m
• Greek: γερουσιαστής (el) (gerousiastís)
• Hawaiian: kenekoa
• Hebrew: סנאטור‎‎ m (senator), סנאטורית‎‎ f (senatorit)
• Hungarian: szenátor (hu)
• Icelandic: öldungaráðsmaður
• Igbo: asogwa

• Indonesian: senator (id)
• Irish: seanadóir
• Italian: senatore (it)
• Japanese: 上院議員 (jōingiin)
• Latin: senātor m
• Norman: sénateu m
• Persian: سناتور‎‎ (fa) (senâtor)
• Polish: senator (pl) m
• Portuguese: senador (pt) m, senadora f
• Romanian: senator (ro) m, senatoare f
• Russian: сена́тор (ru) m (senátor)
• Sotho: mosenate
• Spanish: senador (es) m, senadora f
• Swedish: senator (sv) c
• Vietnamese: nghị sĩ (vi)
• Welsh: Seneddwr
• Yiddish: סענאַטאָר‎‎ m (senator)

historic: position in government of ancient Rome

• Finnish: senaattori (fi)
• Galician: senador (gl) m
• Georgian: სენატორი (senaṭori)
• Hebrew: סנאטור‎‎ m (senator)
• Indonesian: senator (id)
• Irish: seanadóir m

  Old Irish: senatóir m

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

See also

• congressman, congresswoman
• MP

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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/, [sɛˈnaː.tɔr]

Noun

senātor m (genitive senātōris); third declension

1. senator, member of the Roman Senate

Inflection

Third declension.

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
• Galician: senador
• Irish: seanadóir
• Italian: senatore
• Norman: sénateu

• Portuguese: senador
• Romanian: senator
• Russian: сена́тор (senátor)
• Spanish: senador
• Welsh: henadur

References

• senator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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^[1], 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

Latin senātor.

Noun

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

1. senator (in Ancient Rome)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sénateur, Latin senator.

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, 2006–2018

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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