different between abator vs ablator

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??be?t.?/, /??be?t.?/

Etymology 1

From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) +? -or. From Anglo-Norman.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

1. (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [Mid 16^th century.]

Translations

Etymology 2

From abate (“do away with”) +? -or. From Middle English, from Old French.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

1. (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16^th century.]

Translations

Related terms

• abatement

References

• abator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Tabora, rabato, robata

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba?t?r/

Verb

abator

1. future infinitive of abatar

Romanian

Etymology

From French abattoir

Noun

abator n (plural abatoare)

1. abattoir

Declension

English

Etymology

ablate +? -or

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æ?ble?d.?/, /æ?ble?d.?/

Noun

ablator (plural ablators)

1. A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades. [Mid 20^th century.]

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Baratol, abortal

Latin

Etymology

From abl?tus, perfect passive participle of aufer? (“carry off, take away”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab?la?.tor/, [äb???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab?la.tor/, [?b?l??t??r]

Noun

abl?tor m (genitive abl?t?ris); third declension

1. One who takes away.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• abl?ti?
• abl?t?vus
• abl?tus
• aufer?

Descendants

• English: ablator
• Portuguese: ablator

References

• ablator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ablator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)