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negator

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English

Etymology

From negate +‎ -or, or directly from Latin negātor.

Pronunciation

Noun

negator (plural negators)

  1. One who, or that which, negates.
    1. (grammar) A word (or other structural element) which causes negation.
      The word "not" is a negator in English.

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Latin

Etymology

From negō (“deny, refuse”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

negātor m (genitive negātōris); third declension

  1. a denier; apostate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: négateur
  • Italian: negatore
  • Occitan: negador
  • Portuguese: negador
  • Romanian: negator
  • Spanish: negador

References

  • “negator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "negator", 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)
  • “negator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French négateur. By surface analysis, nega +‎ -tor.

Noun

negator m (plural negatori)

  1. negator, denier detractor

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /něɡaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧tor

Noun

nègātor m anim (Cyrillic spelling нѐга̄тор)

  1. negator, denier

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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