different between customer vs spectator
customer
English
Etymology
From Middle English customere, custommere, from Old French coustumier, costumier (compare modern French coutumier), from Medieval Latin custumarius (“a toll-gatherer, tax-collector”, noun), from custumarius (“pertaining to custom or customs”, adj), from custuma (“custom, tax”). More at custom.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?st?m?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?st?m?/
Noun
customer (plural customers)
- A patron, a client; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
- Every person who passes by is a potential customer.
- (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
- a cool customer, a tough customer, an ugly customer
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- costumer
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spectator
English
Alternative forms
- spectatour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spect?tor, from frequentative verb spect? (“watch”), from speci? (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate +? -or.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: sp?k.t??t?, IPA(key): /sp?k?te?t?/
- (US) enPR: sp?k?t?.t?r, IPA(key): /?sp?kte?t?/
Noun
spectator (plural spectators)
- One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
Synonyms
- audience
- observer
- crowd
Derived terms
- spect-actor
- spectate
- spectatorship
Translations
Anagrams
- attercops, caprettos, catopters
Latin
Etymology
Latin agent noun from perfect passive participle spect?tus, from frequentative form spect? (“watch”), from speci? (“look at”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spek?ta?.tor/, [s?p?k?t?ä?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spek?ta.tor/, [sp?k?t???t??r]
Noun
spect?tor m (genitive spect?t?ris); third declension
- spectator, watcher
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- speci?
- spect?
- spectus
Descendants
References
- spectator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spectator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spectator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Romanian
Etymology
From French spectateur, from Latin spectator.
Noun
spectator m (plural spectatori)
- spectator
Declension
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