different between distributor vs dispensator

English

Etymology

distribute +? -or

Alternative forms

• distributour (obsolete)
• distributer (rare)

Noun

distributor (plural distributors)

2. One who or that which distributes.
4. A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
5. (printing, historical) A machine for distributing type.
6. (printing, historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.

Related terms

• disty

Translations

Indonesian

Etymology

From English distributor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d??st?ri?but??r]
• Hyphenation: dis?tri?bu?tor

Noun

distributor (plural distributor-distributor, first-person possessive distributorku, second-person possessive distributormu, third-person possessive distributornya)

1. distributor.

   Synonyms: agen, bandar, dealer, pemasok, pengedar, penyalur, penyuplai, tauke

Further reading

• “distributor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /distriby?tur/

Noun

distributor m

1. distributor

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

dispensator (plural dispensators)

1. A distributor; a dispenser.
   • c. 1598, Francis Bacon, An Account of […] Compositions for Alienations

     dispensators of this her royal favour towards her people

Anagrams

• panstroside

Latin

Noun

disp?ns?tor m (genitive disp?ns?t?ris); third declension

1. steward, attendant
2. treasurer
3. dispenser

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• dispensator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dispensator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dispensator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dispensator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• dispensator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dispensator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin