exterminator

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

exterminator (plural exterminators)

1. Someone or something that exterminates.
2. Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.

Derived terms

• exterminatress

Translations

someone or something that exterminates

Spanish: exterminador m, exterminadora (es) f

person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building

German: Kammerjäger (de) m, Kammerjägerin f Hebrew: מַדְבִּיר (he) m Japanese: 駆除業者 (くじょぎょうしゃ, kujo gyōsha)

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Albanian: (please verify) asgjësues (sq)

Latin

Etymology

From exterminō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛk.stɛr.mɪˈnaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ek.st̪er.miˈnaː.t̪or]

Noun

exterminātor m (genitive exterminātōris); third declension

1. ejector, expeller
2. destroyer, exterminator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	exterminātor	exterminātōrēs
genitive	exterminātōris	exterminātōrum
dative	exterminātōrī	exterminātōribus
accusative	exterminātōrem	exterminātōrēs
ablative	exterminātōre	exterminātōribus
vocative	exterminātor	exterminātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: exterminador
• French: exterminateur
• Galician: exterminador
• Italian: sterminatore
• Occitan: exterminador
• Portuguese: exterminador
• Spanish: exterminador

Verb

exterminātor

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exterminateur.

Noun

exterminator m (plural exterminatori)

1. exterminator

Declension

Declension of exterminator

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	exterminator	exterminatorul		exterminatori	exterminatorii
genitive-dative	exterminator	exterminatorului		exterminatori	exterminatorilor
vocative	exterminatorule			exterminatorilor