descriptor

English

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descriptor

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskɹɪptə(ɹ)/

Noun

descriptor (plural descriptors)

1. That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
   1. (computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
   2. (linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something.

Synonyms

• (information science): index term

Derived terms

• file descriptor
• segment descriptor
• stereodescriptor

Translations

that which describes

Finnish: kuvaaja (fi) Indonesian: deskriptor Japanese: 記述語 (きじゅつご, kijutsu-go) Malay: pemerihal, petunjuk Portuguese: descritor (pt) m Romanian: descriptor n Spanish: descriptor (es) m

name associated with data or documents

Finnish: kuvain, asiasana (fi) German: Deskriptor m Hungarian: deszkriptor Indonesian: deskriptor Italian: descrittore (it) m Malay: pemerihal, penerang (ms) Spanish: descriptor (es) m

See also

• identifier

Anagrams

• discerptor, predictors

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin descriptor.

Adjective

descriptor (feminine descriptora, masculine plural descriptors, feminine plural descriptores)

1. descriptive

Noun

descriptor m (plural descriptors)

1. (information science, linguistics) descriptor

Related terms

• descriure

Further reading

• “descriptor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “descriptor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French descripteur.

Noun

descriptor m (plural descriptori)

1. descriptor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	descriptor	descriptorul		descriptori	descriptorii
genitive-dative	descriptor	descriptorului		descriptori	descriptorilor
vocative	descriptorule			descriptorilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskɾibˈtoɾ/ [d̪es.kɾiβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: des‧crip‧tor

Noun

descriptor m (plural descriptores)

1. descriptor

Derived terms

• descriptores de categorías (“grade-level descriptors”) (education)

Further reading

• “descriptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025