dator

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dator/ [d̪a.t̪or]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ator, -or
• Hyphenation: da‧tor

Verb

dator (masculine allocutive zatorrek or zetorrek, feminine allocutive zatorren or zetorren)

1. third-person singular, present indicative of etorri (“to come”)

Elfdalian

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish dator (“computer”).

Noun

dator m

1. computer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Lars Steensland (2021), Älvdalsk Ordbok, 2nd edition, Älvdalen: Ulum Dalska, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from the root *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence also Latin dō). Cognates include Ancient Greek δώτωρ (dṓtōr) and Sanskrit दातृ (dā́tar-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈda.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdaː.tor]

Noun

dator m (genitive datōris); third declension

1. Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron
2. (sports) a slave who hands the player the ball

   Antonym: factor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dator	datōrēs
genitive	datōris	datōrum
dative	datōrī	datōribus
accusative	datōrem	datōrēs
ablative	datōre	datōribus
vocative	dator	datōrēs

Descendants

• Italian: datore
• Sicilian: daturi
• Portuguese: dador
• Spanish: dador

Verb

dator

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

References

• “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Alternative forms

• datur — obsolete
• datoriu — archaic

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *debtoriu < *dēbitōrius for Latin dēbitor (“debtor”), ultimately from dēbitum (“debt”), from dēbeō (“to owe”); influenced by the verb da (“to give”). Compare Aromanian dãtor. Doublet of the borrowing debitor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈtor/

Adjective

dator m or n (feminine singular datoare, masculine plural datori, feminine/neuter plural datoare)

1. indebted (to)
2. obliged (to)
3. owing money

Declension

Declension of dator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	dator		datoare	datori	datoare
	definite	datorul		datoarea	datorii	datoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	dator		datoare	datori	datoare
	definite	datorului		datoarei	datorilor	datoarelor

Derived terms

• datora
• datorie
• datornic
• îndatora
• îndatorire
• îndatoritor

Swedish

en dator

Etymology

From data +‎ -or. Proposed in 1967 by professor Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the latter often colloquially abbreviated to data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɑːtɔr/, /²dɑːtʊr/

• Audio; “en dator”:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²ɑːtɔr, -²ɑːtʊr

Noun

dator c

1. a computer (data processing machine)

   Synonyms: (rare) datamaskin, data

2. (rare) indefinite plural of data

Usage notes

• (computer): The somewhat common synonym data is usually proscribed.

Declension

Declension of dator

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dator	dators
	definite	datorn	datorns
plural	indefinite	datorer	datorers
	definite	datorerna	datorernas

Related terms

• datorisera (“computerize”)
• datorisering (“computerization”)

Descendants

• → Latvian: dators
• → Elfdalian: dator

See also

• räknare (“[human] computer”)

References

• “dator”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “dator”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH
• “Hur kan man använda data och datan? [How are data and datan used?]”, in Frågelådan‎^[1], Swedish Language Council, 28 December 2019 (last accessed)

Anagrams

• ordat