English Online Dictionary. What means vibrator? What does vibrator mean?
English
Etymology
From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate + -or.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vaɪˈbɹeɪtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪbɹeɪtɚ/, [ˈvaɪ̯bɹeɪ̯ɾɚ]
- Hyphenation: vi‧bra‧tor
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
vibrator (plural vibrators)
- A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
- A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
- (historical) A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
- A trembler, as of an electric bell.
- A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
- A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
- An oscillator.
- An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
- A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
- (weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
- An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
- A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
Hyponyms
- stick shaker
- cat
Derived terms
- master vibrator
Related terms
- vibrate
- vibrant
- vibration
Translations
Further reading
- “vibrator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vibrator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vibrator. The sense for the sex toy probably derives from English vibrator.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌviˈbraː.tɔr/
- Hyphenation: vi‧bra‧tor
Noun
vibrator m (plural vibrators, diminutive vibratortje n)
- vibrator (vibrating sex toy)
- vibrator (any vibrating device)
Related terms
- vibratie
- vibreren
Latin
Verb
vibrātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of vibrō
Romanian
Etymology
From vibra + -tor.
Noun
vibrator n (plural vibratori)
- dildo
Declension
Swedish
Noun
vibrator c
- vibrator (something that vibrates)
- vibrator (sex toy)
- Synonym: massagestav
Declension
See also
- sexleksak (“sex toy”)
References
- vibrator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vibrator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vibrator in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)