different between conservator vs conductor

English

Alternative forms

• conservatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin conservator (“one who conserves”), agent noun from conservo (“I preserve”).

Noun

conservator (plural conservators)

1. One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator, has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.

   • 1726, William Derham, Physico-Theology

     the great Creator and Conservator of the world

2. (law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
   • 1839, John Bouvier, Law Dictionary

     The Governor [of Missouri] is […] the conservator of the peace

3. An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
4. (Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
5. A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

Derived terms

• conservatorial
• conservator of the peace
• conservatorship

Related terms

• conservatee
• conservation
• conservative

Translations

Further reading

• conservator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch conservateur, from Middle French conservateur, from Old French conservateur, from Latin c?nserv?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.z?r?va?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: con?ser?va?tor
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

conservator m (plural conservators or conservatoren, diminutive conservatortje n)

1. curator (of a museum or a library)

Latin

Etymology

From c?nserv? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.ser?u?a?.tor/, [kõ?s??r?u?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ser?va.tor/, [k?ns?r?v??t??r]

Noun

c?nserv?tor m (genitive c?nserv?t?ris, feminine c?nserv?tr?x); third declension

1. a keeper, preserver, defender

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Old French: conservateur
  • Anglo-Norman: conservatour
    • ? English: conservator
  • Middle French: conservateur
    • ? Middle Dutch: conservateur
      • Dutch: conservator

Verb

c?nserv?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of c?nserv?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of c?nserv?

References

• conservator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conservator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conservator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• conservator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French conservateur, from Latin conservator.

Adjective

conservator m or n (feminine singular conservatoare, masculine plural conservatori, feminine and neuter plural conservatoare)

1. conservative

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• conductour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d?kt?/

Noun

conductor (plural conductors, feminine conductress or conductrix)

1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
2. (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
3. A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers

4. (physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
5. (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
   • 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory

     If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.

6. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
7. (architecture) A leader.

Antonyms

• non-conductor (3), nonconductor (3), insulator (3)

Derived terms

• conductor rail
• lightning conductor

Related terms

• conduct
• semiconductor, dielectric

Translations

See also

• ticket inspector

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conductor, conduct?rem (“contractor, employer”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kon.duk?to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun.duk?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.duk?to?/

Adjective

conductor (feminine conductora, masculine plural conductors, feminine plural conductores)

1. driving
2. conducting

Noun

conductor m (plural conductors)

1. driver
2. (physics) conductor

Related terms

• conduir

Latin

Etymology

From cond?c? (“I lead”) +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?duk.tor/, [k?n??d??kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?duk.tor/, [k?n??d?ukt??r]

Noun

conductor m (genitive conduct?ris, feminine conductr?x); third declension

1. employer, entrepreneur
2. contractor
3. (physics) conductor (of heat, electricity etc)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• conductor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conductor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conductor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• conductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)

1. Obsolete form of condutor.

Romanian

Etymology

From French conducteur, from Latin conductor.

Noun

conductor n (plural conductori)

1. conductor
2. driver

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conductor, conductorem (“contractor, employer”). Cognate with English conductor.

Noun

conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)

1. driver, motorist
2. conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound)
3. (Argentina, Uruguay) presenter; host (of television show)

Derived terms

Related terms

• conducir

See also

• chófer