interpreter
Meaning
- A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly
- A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (uncommon) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (figuratively) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (obsolete, rhetoric) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (historical) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- (historical) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
Synonyms
interpretive program
one who proposes a riddle
translator device
code translation equipment
decoding machine
Translations
interprète
intérprete
interprete
Dolmetscher
tolk
intèrpret
intérprete
tercüman
διερμηνέας
مترجمFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈtɜːpɹɪtə/
Etymology
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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