English

interpreter

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  1. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly
  2. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  3. (obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  4. (obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  5. (obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  6. (uncommon) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  7. (figuratively) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  8. (obsolete, rhetoric) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  9. (obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  10. (historical) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  11. (historical) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  12. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
  13. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another

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C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈtɜːpɹɪtə/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
interpreter
In summary

From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, etc., from Old French interpreteur, interpreteeur, etc., from Late Latin interpretātōr, from classical Latin interpretātus (“explained, translated”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from interpretārī (“to explain, to translate”), from interpres (“go-between, translator”) + -ārī (“to be ~ed”), q.v. In reference to divine emissaries, a calque of Mercury's Latin epithet interpres divum (“go-between of the gods”). In reference to the rhetorical device, a calque of Latin interpretatio. Equivalent to interpret + -er. Displaced native Old English wealhstod.

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