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English

Etymology

From circulate + -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

circulator (plural circulators)

  1. A person or thing that causes something to circulate
    Who is the circulator of this rumor?
  2. (transport) A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop
    You can ride the airport circulator to the next terminal.
  3. (electronics) A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only

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Latin

Etymology

From circulor + -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

circulātor m (genitive circulātōris, feminine circulātrix); third declension

  1. itinerant peddler or performer
  2. mountebank, quack

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

circulātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of circulō

References

  • circulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "circulator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • circulator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • circulator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circulator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French circulatoire, from Latin circulatorius. Equivalent to circula + -tor.

Adjective

circulator m or n (feminine singular circulatoare, masculine plural circulatori, feminine and neuter plural circulatoare)

  1. circulatory

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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