mutator

English

Etymology

From mutate +‎ -or.

The video gaming sense likely originated in the video game Unreal Tournament (1999).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuteɪtɚ/

Noun

mutator (plural mutators)

1. That which causes mutation or change.

   In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name.

2. (video games) A setting which alters specific gameplay mechanics, such as rules, physics, or abilities.
   • 2015 October 28, Tom Phillips, “Rocket League match mutators to arrive in free November update”, in Eurogamer.net‎:

     Rocket League will gain match-modifying mutators […] The football-meets-cars mashup will let you toggle on gameplay-changing settings such as low gravity, time warping and explosions.

Synonyms

• setter

Antonyms

• accessor

Translations

causes mutation or change

Bulgarian: мутатор m (mutator) Czech: mutátor m Danish: mutator c Dutch: mutator (nl) Esperanto: mutaciulo Estonian: mutaator French: mutateur (fr) German: Mutator Greek: μεταλλάκτης (el) m (metalláktis) Italian: mutatore (it) m, mutatrice f Polish: mutator Romanian: mutator (ro) Russian: мутатор (mutator) Serbo-Croatian: мутатор

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mūtātor

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

References

• “mutator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mutator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “mutator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mutateur. By surface analysis, muta +‎ -tor.

Noun

mutator n (plural mutatoare)

1. mutator

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mutator	mutatorul		mutatoare	mutatoarele
genitive-dative	mutator	mutatorului		mutatoare	mutatoarelor
vocative	mutatorule			mutatoarelor