different between delator vs gelator

English

Etymology

From Latin delator.

Noun

delator (plural delators)

1. An accuser; an informer.
   • August 30 1632, James Howell, "To the Rt. Hon, the Lord Mohun" in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ

     […] his Accuser or Delator […]

Anagrams

• leotard

Interlingua

Noun

delator (plural delatores)

1. informer

Latin

Etymology

From d?l?tus (perfect participle of d?fer?) +? -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??la?.tor/, [d?e????ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?la.tor/, [d???l??t??r]

Noun

d?l?tor m (genitive d?l?t?ris, feminine d?l?tr?x); third declension

1. (post-Classical Latin) accuser, informer, informant, denouncer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• d?l?ti?

Descendants

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin d?l?t?rem, accusative singular of d?l?tor (“informer, denouncer”).

Noun

delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)

1. informant; whistle-blower

Romanian

Etymology

From French délateur

Noun

delator m (plural delatori)

1. informer

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin d?l?t?rem, accusative singular of d?l?tor (“informer, denouncer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dela?to?/, [d?e.la?t?o?]

Adjective

delator (feminine delatora, masculine plural delatores, feminine plural delatoras)

1. telltale

   Synonym: delatador

Related terms

• delatar

Noun

delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)

1. informer

   Synonym: informante

2. betrayer, accuser

   Synonyms: acusador, traidor

Further reading

• “delator” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

gelator (plural gelators)

1. Any substance capable of forming a gel.

Derived terms

• nongelator
• organogelator

Anagrams

• gloater, legator

Latin

Verb

gel?tor

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

References

• gelator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gelator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• gelator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016