acceptor

English

Alternative forms

• acceptour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛp.tɚ/, /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

acceptor (plural acceptors)

1. One who accepts.
2. (law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
3. (chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
4. (biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
5. (physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
6. (physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
7. (computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.

Derived terms

• acceptorless
• acceptress
• alloacceptor
• isoacceptor
• phosphoacceptor
• photoacceptor

Translations

one who accepts

Arabic: قَابِل (ar) (qābil) Catalan: acceptant (ca) m or f Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi) French: accepteur (fr) m, acceptrice (fr) f Ido: aceptanto (io) Indonesian: penerima, akseptor (id) Latin: acceptātor m, acceptātrīx f Norwegian: comm akseptant c Portuguese: aceitador m, aceitadora f Russian: акцепта́нт (ru) m (akceptánt) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̀кцептор m Roman: àkceptor (sh) m Spanish: aceptador (es) m, aceptadora (es) f

in law

French: accepteur (fr) m, acceptrice (fr) f Polish: akceptant (pl) m

in chemistry

Polish: akceptor (pl) m

in biochemistry

in physics

Polish: akceptor (pl) m

in physiology

in computer theory

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [akˈkɛp.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈt͡ʃɛp.tor]

Etymology 1

From accipiō +‎ -tor. Sense 3 reflects the meaning of accipiter, which had already been perceived as being related to accipere for a long time.

Noun

acceptor m (genitive acceptōris, feminine acceptrīx); third declension

1. receiver
2. approver
3. (Late Latin) hawk

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acceptor	acceptōrēs
genitive	acceptōris	acceptōrum
dative	acceptōrī	acceptōribus
accusative	acceptōrem	acceptōrēs
ablative	acceptōre	acceptōribus
vocative	acceptor	acceptōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

acceptor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of acceptō

References

• “acceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "acceptor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “acceptor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• acceptor in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French accepteur.

Adjective

acceptor m or n (feminine singular acceptoare, masculine plural acceptori, feminine/neuter plural acceptoare)

1. accepting

Declension

Declension of acceptor

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	acceptor		acceptoare		acceptori	acceptoare
	definite	acceptorul		acceptoarea		acceptorii	acceptoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	acceptor		acceptoare		acceptori	acceptoare
	definite	acceptorului		acceptoarei		acceptorilor	acceptoarelor

Noun

acceptor m (plural acceptori)

1. acceptor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	acceptor	acceptorul		acceptori	acceptorii
genitive-dative	acceptor	acceptorului		acceptori	acceptorilor
vocative	acceptorule			acceptorilor