simulator

See also: Simulator and simulátor

English

Etymology

From simulate +‎ -or

Noun

simulator (plural simulators)

1. One who simulates or feigns.
   • 1858, Thomas De, “Schlosser's Literary History of the Eighteenth Century”, in De Quincey's works, page 82:

     Even confessing to a crime, the man may be mad, or a knavish simulator.

2. A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.
   • 2020 March 11, “Network News: Driver training on Trafford Park line”, in Rail, page 15:

     Classroom sessions for drivers are under way, with each driver requiring a full day on the simulator before they then test a tram on the £350 million new line.

Related terms

• simulation

Translations

machine or system

• Czech: trenažér (cs) m, simulátor m
• Esperanto: simulilo
• Estonian: simulaator (et)
• Finnish: simulaattori (fi)
• French: simulateur (fr) m
• German: Simulator (de) m

• Hungarian: szimulátor
• Italian: simulatore (it) m
• Malay: penyelaku
• Mandarin: 模拟器 (zh)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /si.muˈlaː.tor/, [sɪ.mʊˈɫ̪aː.t̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.muˈla.tor/, [si.muˈlaː.t̪ɔr]

Noun

simulātor m (genitive simulātōris); third declension

1. copier, imitator
2. hypocrite, pretender, phoney

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	simulātor	simulātōrēs
Genitive	simulātōris	simulātōrum
Dative	simulātōrī	simulātōribus
Accusative	simulātōrem	simulātōrēs
Ablative	simulātōre	simulātōribus
Vocative	simulātor	simulātōrēs

Verb

simulātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of simulō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of simulō

References

• simulator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• simulator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• simulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simǔlaːtor/
• Hyphenation: si‧mu‧la‧tor

Noun

simùlātor m (Cyrillic spelling симу̀ла̄тор)

1. simulator

Declension

Declension of simulator

	singular	plural
nominative	simulator	simulatori
genitive	simulatora	simulatora
dative	simulatoru	simulatorima
accusative	simulator	simulatore
vocative	simulatoru	simulatori
locative	simulatoru	simulatorima
instrumental	simulatorom	simulatorima