repressor

See also: Repressor

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)

Noun

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repressor (plural repressors)

1. Anything that represses.
2. (genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.

Derived terms

• antirepressor
• aporepressor
• autorepressor
• corepressor
• derepressor
• riborepressor
• superrepressor
• transrepressor

Translations

protein that represses

French: répresseur (fr) m Indonesian: represor Malay: perencat (ms) Persian: سرکوبگر (sarkubgar)

Latin

Etymology

From reprimō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈprɛs.sɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈprɛs.sor]

Noun

repressor m (genitive repressōris); third declension

1. restrainer, represser
2. limiter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	repressor	repressōrēs
genitive	repressōris	repressōrum
dative	repressōrī	repressōribus
accusative	repressōrem	repressōrēs
ablative	repressōre	repressōribus
vocative	repressor	repressōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: repressor
• French: répresseur
• Galician: represor
• Italian: repressore
• Portuguese: repressor
• Spanish: represor

References

• “repressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “repressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “repressor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.