dator

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /dator/ [d̪a.t̪or]
• Rhymes: -ator, -or
• Hyphenation: da‧tor

Verb

dator

1. Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of etorri (“to come”).

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish dator (“computer”).

Noun

dator m

1. computer

References

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

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.tor/, [ˈd̪ät̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.tor/, [ˈd̪äːt̪or]

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

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

Alternative forms

• 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 and neuter plural datoare)

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

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 later often colloquially abbreviated to data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɑːtɔr/, /²dɑːtʊr/

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• Rhymes: -²ɑːtɔr, -²ɑːtʊr

Noun

dator c

1. a computer (data processing machine)

   Synonyms: (rare) datamaskin, data

2. (rare) indefinite plural of data

References

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

Anagrams

• ordat