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1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Noun
  - 1.4.1 Derived terms
  - 1.4.2 Translations
- 1.5 References
- 1.6 Anagrams
2 Catalan
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Pronunciation
- 2.3 Adjective
- 2.4 Noun
  - 2.4.1 Related terms
- 2.5 Further reading
3 Czech
- 3.1 Pronunciation
- 3.2 Noun
  - 3.2.1 Declension
- 3.3 Noun
  - 3.3.1 Declension
4 Danish
- 4.1 Noun
  - 4.1.1 Declension
- 4.2 Further reading
5 Dutch
- 5.1 Etymology
- 5.2 Pronunciation
- 5.3 Noun
6 Galician
- 6.1 Etymology
- 6.2 Noun
  - 6.2.1 Related terms
- 6.3 Further reading
7 Indonesian
- 7.1 Etymology
- 7.2 Pronunciation
- 7.3 Noun
  - 7.3.1 Derived terms
  - 7.3.2 Related terms
- 7.4 Further reading
8 Latin
- 8.1 Etymology 1
  - 8.1.1 Noun
    - 8.1.1.1 Declension
    - 8.1.1.2 Descendants
- 8.2 Etymology 2
  - 8.2.1 Verb
- 8.3 Etymology 3
  - 8.3.1 Verb
- 8.4 References
9 Portuguese
- 9.1 Etymology
- 9.2 Pronunciation
- 9.3 Noun
- 9.4 Noun
  - 9.4.1 Derived terms
  - 9.4.2 Related terms
10 Romanian
- 10.1 Etymology
- 10.2 Noun
  - 10.2.1 Declension
11 Spanish
- 11.1 Etymology
- 11.2 Pronunciation
- 11.3 Noun
  - 11.3.1 Derived terms
  - 11.3.2 Related terms
- 11.4 Further reading

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

editor

Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

ed., edit. (abbreviations)
Ed. (titular abbreviation)
editour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor,^[1] from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/
Audio (UK) (file)
(General American)
- (formal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾɪ.tɚ/, [ˈɛˑ.ɾɪ.tɚ]
- (lax) IPA^(key): [ˈɛˑ.ɾɪ.ɾɚ]
- Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: ed‧i‧tor^[2]

Noun[edit]

editor (plural editors)

A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
A copy editor.
A person who edited a specific document.
John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
(computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
Hyponym: text editor
The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

person who edits

Arabic: مُحَرِّرm (muḥarrir)
Armenian: խմբագիր(hy) (xmbagir)
Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxərrir)
Belarusian: рэда́ктарm (redáktar), рэда́ктаркаf (redáktarka)
Bulgarian: реда́кторm (redáktor), реда́кторкаf (redáktorka)
Catalan: editor(ca)m, editora(ca)f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 編輯／编辑(zh) (biānjí)
Czech: redaktor(cs)m, redaktorkaf
Dutch: redacteur(nl)m
Esperanto: redaktoro(eo), redaktisto(eo)
Finnish: muokkaaja(fi)
French: rédacteur(fr)m
Galician: editor(gl)m
Georgian: რედაქტორი(ka) (redakṭori)
German: Herausgeber(de)m, Editor(de)m, Redakteur(de)m, Schriftleiterm (dated), Redaktor(de)m (Swiss)
Greek: συντάκτης(el)m (syntáktis)
Hebrew: עוֹרֵךְm (orékh)
Hungarian: szerkesztő(hu)
Ido: redaktanto(io), redaktero(io), redaktisto(io)
Indonesian: editor(id), pengedit(id), penyunting(id)
Irish: eagarthóirm
Italian: redattore(it)
Japanese: 編集者(ja) (へんしゅうしゃ, henshūsha)
Kazakh: редактор (redaktor)
Korean: 편집인(編輯人)(ko) (pyeonjibin), 편자(編者) (pyeonja)
Kyrgyz: редактор (redaktor)
Latin: editor(la)
Macedonian: реда́кторm (redáktor), реда́кторкаf (redáktorka)
Malay: penyunting, editor(ms), pengedit
Maori: ētita, kaiētita(mi), kaitakatā, ringa takatā
Marathi: संपादकm (sampādak), संपादिकाf (sampādikā)
Nepali: सम्पादक (sampādak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: redaktørm
Persian: ویرایشگر(fa) (virâyešgar), ویراستار(fa) (virâstâr)
Polish: redaktor(pl)m, redaktorka(pl)f, edytor(pl)m, edytorka(pl)f
Portuguese: editor(pt)m, editora(pt)f
Romanian: editor(ro)m, editoare(ro)f, redactor(ro)m, redactoare(ro)f
Russian: реда́ктор(ru)m (redáktor), редакторка(ru)f (redaktorka)
Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidhm or f, deasaichem
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀реднӣкm, рѐдакторm
Roman: ùrednīk(sh)m, rèdaktor(sh)m
Slovene: urednik(sl)m, urednicaf
Spanish: editor(es)m, editoraf
Swahili: mhariri(sw)
Swedish: redaktör(sv)c, redaktrisc (female)
Tajik: муҳаррир (muharrir)
Tigrinya: ኣርታዒ (ʾartaʿi)
Turkish: muharrir(tr)
Ukrainian: реда́ктор(uk)m (redáktor), реда́кторкаf (redáktorka)
Yiddish: רעדאַקטאָרm (redaktor), רעדאַקטאָריןf (redaktorin), רעדאַקטאָרשעf (redaktorshe)

person who edited a specific document

Arabic: مُحَرِّرm (muḥarrir)
Bashkir: мөхәррир (möxərrir)
Finnish: editoija
French: lecteur-correcteurm, correcteur(fr)m, réviseur(fr)m (Canada)
Greek: επιμελητής(el)m (epimelitís)
Irish: eagarthóirm
Italian: curatore(it)m
Malay: penyunting, editor(ms), pengedit
Persian: ویرایشگر(fa) (virâyešgar)
Polish: edytor(pl)m, edytorka(pl)f
Portuguese: editor(pt)m
Romanian: editor(ro)m, editoare(ro)f
Scottish Gaelic: deasaichem, neach-deasachaidhm or f
Swahili: mhariri(sw)

References[edit]

^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/editor
^ “editor”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams[edit]

doiter, dotier, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin ēditōrem.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ðiˈto]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [e.ðiˈtoɾ]

Adjective[edit]

editor (feminine editora, masculine plural editors, feminine plural editores)

editing

Noun[edit]

editorm (plural editors, feminine editora)

(graphic arts, publishing, computing) editor

Related terms[edit]

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈɛdɪtor]

Noun[edit]

editormanim

editor (person who edits, e.g. a magazine)
Synonym: redaktor

Declension[edit]

Declension of editor (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	editor	editoři
genitive	editora	editorů
dative	editorovi, editoru	editorům
accusative	editora	editory
vocative	editore	editoři
locative	editorovi, editoru	editorech
instrumental	editorem	editory

Noun[edit]

editorminan

Declension[edit]

Declension of editor (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	editor	editory
genitive	editoru	editorů
dative	editoru	editorům
accusative	editor	editory
vocative	editore	editory
locative	editoru	editorech
instrumental	editorem	editory

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

editorc (singular definite editoren, plural indefinite editorer)

editor

Declension[edit]

Declension of editor

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	editor	editoren	editorer	editorerne
genitive	editors	editorens	editorers	editorernes

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English editor.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: edi‧tor

Noun[edit]

editorm (plural editors, diminutive editortjen)

editor (computer program to edit text documents)

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ēditor.

Noun[edit]

editorm (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

editor

Related terms[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

editor

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology[edit]

From English editor, from Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɛditɔr/
Hyphenation: èdi‧tor

Noun[edit]

èditor (first-person possessive editorku, second-person possessive editormu, third-person possessive editornya)

editor:
1. a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
  Synonyms: pengedit, penyunting, redaktur
2. (computing) a program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From ēdō +‎ -tor.

Noun[edit]

ēditorm (genitive ēditōris); third declension

(Late Latin) editor, publisher

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēditor	ēditōrēs
Genitive	ēditōris	ēditōrum
Dative	ēditōrī	ēditōribus
Accusative	ēditōrem	ēditōrēs
Ablative	ēditōre	ēditōribus
Vocative	ēditor	ēditōrēs

Descendants[edit]

Catalan: editor
Galician: editor
Italian: editore
Portuguese: editor
Spanish: editor

Etymology 2[edit]

From edō (“I eat”).

Verb[edit]

editor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of edō

Etymology 3[edit]

From ēdō (“to give out”).

Verb[edit]

ēditor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō

References[edit]

“editor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
editor 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)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin ēditor.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.diˈtoɾ/ [i.ðiˈtoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.diˈto.ɾi/ [i.ðiˈto.ɾi]

Hyphenation: e‧di‧tor

Noun[edit]

editorm (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

editor (person who edits)
publisher (person who publishes printed media)

Noun[edit]

editorm (plural editores)

(computer software) editor (program for modifying files, especially text files)

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French éditeur.

Noun[edit]

editorm (plural editori)

editor

Declension[edit]

Declension of editor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) editor	editorul	(niște) editori	editorii
genitive/dative	(unui) editor	editorului	(unor) editori	editorilor
vocative	editorule		editorilor

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ēditor.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ediˈtoɾ/ [e.ð̞iˈt̪oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: e‧di‧tor

Noun[edit]

editorm (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

editor

Derived terms[edit]

editor de texto

Related terms[edit]

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Contents

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Noun[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

Declension[edit]

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Noun[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Noun[edit]

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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