reductor

English

Noun

reductor (plural reductors)

1. (chemistry) A device for carrying out reduction.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin reductor.

Adjective

reductor (feminine reductora, masculine plural reductors, feminine plural reductores)

1. reducing

Noun

reductor m (plural reductors)

1. (chemistry) reductant

   Synonym: agent reductor

2. (photography) reducer]

Related terms

• reduir

Further reading

• “reductor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Latin

Etymology

From redūcō (“lead, bring back”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

reductor m (genitive reductōris); third declension

1. (rare) one who leads or brings back

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	reductor	reductōrēs
genitive	reductōris	reductōrum
dative	reductōrī	reductōribus
accusative	reductōrem	reductōrēs
ablative	reductōre	reductōribus
vocative	reductor	reductōrēs

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réducteur.

Adjective

reductor m or n (feminine singular reductoare, masculine plural reductori, feminine/neuter plural reductoare)

1. (chemistry) reducing

Declension

Declension of reductor

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	reductor		reductoare		reductori	reductoare
	definite	reductorul		reductoarea		reductorii	reductoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	reductor		reductoare		reductori	reductoare
	definite	reductorului		reductoarei		reductorilor	reductoarelor

Noun

reductor m (plural reductori)

1. (chemistry) reducing agent

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	reductor	reductorul		reductori	reductorii
genitive-dative	reductor	reductorului		reductori	reductorilor
vocative	reductorule			reductorilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reduɡˈtoɾ/ [re.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧duc‧tor

Adjective

reductor (feminine reductora, masculine plural reductores, feminine plural reductoras)

1. reductive, reducing

Noun

reductor m (plural reductores)

1. (chemistry) reducing agent, reducer, reductant

Noun

reductor m (plural reductores, feminine reductora, feminine plural reductoras)

1. reducer

Further reading

• “reductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024