indicator

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English

Etymology

From Late Latin indicātor (“one who points out”), from Latin indicō (“point out”); see indicate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dɪˌkeɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

indicator (plural indicators)

1. A pointer or index that indicates something.
2. A meter or gauge.
3. The needle or dial on such a meter.
4. (chemistry) Any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance, or the degree of a reaction.
5. (ecology) A plant or animal whose presence is indicative of some specific environment.
6. (economics) A measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends.
7. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.

   Synonyms: (informal) blinker, directional, directional signal, direction indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, (chiefly US) turn signal

8. A bird, the honeyguide.
9. (crosswording) A codeword that marks the use of a specific cryptic device.

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Further reading

• “indicator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “indicator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• anidrotic, cardiotin

Dutch

Etymology

Equivalent to indiceren +‎ -ator.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧di‧ca‧tor

Noun

indicator m (plural indicatoren or indicators)

1. indicator

Latin

Etymology

From indicō (“point out, indicate, show”) +‎ -tor, from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dicō (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.diˈkaː.tor/, [ɪn̪d̪ɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.diˈka.tor/, [in̪d̪iˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

indicātor m (genitive indicātōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Someone who points out.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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Descendants

Verb

indicātor

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French indicateur. Equivalent to indica +‎ -tor.

Noun

indicator m (plural indicatori)

1. indicator (pointer, index, substance)

Declension

Noun

indicator n (plural indicatoare)

1. traffic sign

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indikaˈtoɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.kaˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: in‧di‧ca‧tor

Noun

indicator m (plural indicatores)

1. honeyguide