accessor

English

Etymology

From access +‎ -or.

Noun

accessor (plural accessors)

1. Someone or something that accesses.
2. (object-oriented programming) A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data.

Synonyms

• (function): getter

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “function”): mutator

Translations

Anything that accesses

French: accesseur (fr)

Function that retrieves a value

French: accesseur (fr)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈt͡ʃɛs.sor]

Noun

accessor m (genitive accessōris); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) accessory

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	accessor	accessōrēs
genitive	accessōris	accessōrum
dative	accessōrī	accessōribus
accusative	accessōrem	accessōrēs
ablative	accessōre	accessōribus
vocative	accessor	accessōrēs

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “accessor”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• "accessor", 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)