locator

English Online Dictionary. What means locator‎? What does locator mean?

English

Etymology

From Latin locātor. By surface analysis, locate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləʊˈkeɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊkeɪtɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

locator (plural locators)

1. One who, or that which, locates.

2. (US) One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.
3. (travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking.

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

• carotol, cool art, crotalo

Latin

Etymology

From locō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /loˈkaː.tor/, [ɫ̪ɔˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈka.tor/, [loˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

locātor m (genitive locātōris); third declension

1. letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)
2. contractor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

locātor

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locator.

Noun

locator m (plural locatori)

1. letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)

Declension