exterminator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

exterminator (plural exterminators)

1. Someone or something that exterminates.
2. Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.

Derived terms

• exterminatress

Translations

someone or something that exterminates

• Catalan: exterminador m
• French: exterminateur (fr) m
• Latin: exterminātor m, exterminātrīx f
• Macedonian: истребувач m (istrebuvač)
• Spanish: exterminador (es) m, exterminadora (es) f

person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building

• Catalan: exterminador m
• German: Kammerjäger (de) m, Kammerjägerin f
• Hebrew: מַדְבִּיר (he) m
• Japanese: 駆除業者 (くじょぎょうしゃ, kujo gyōsha)

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} asgjësues (sq)

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *ter-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥

Proto-Italic *termn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *term(e)nos

Latin terminus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin terminō

Latin exterminō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin exterminātor

From exterminō + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛk.stɛr.mɪˈnaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ek.ster.miˈnaː.tor]

Noun

exterminātor m (genitive exterminātōris); third declension

1. ejector, expeller
2. destroyer, exterminator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	exterminātor	exterminātōrēs
genitive	exterminātōris	exterminātōrum
dative	exterminātōrī	exterminātōribus
accusative	exterminātōrem	exterminātōrēs
ablative	exterminātōre	exterminātōribus
vocative	exterminātor	exterminātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: exterminador
• → English: exterminator
• French: exterminateur
• Galician: exterminador
• Italian: sterminatore
• Occitan: exterminador
• Portuguese: exterminador
• Spanish: exterminador

Verb

exterminātor

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exterminateur.

Noun

exterminator m (plural exterminatori)

1. exterminator

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	exterminator	exterminatorul	exterminatori	exterminatorii
genitive-dative	exterminator	exterminatorului	exterminatori	exterminatorilor
vocative	exterminatorule		exterminatorilor