different between interpretive vs interpreter

English

Adjective

interpretive (comparative more interpretive, superlative most interpretive)

1. Alternative form of interpretative

English

Etymology

From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, from Latin interpretor (“to explain, expound, understand”), from interpres (“agent, translator”).

Displaced native Old English wealhstod.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t??p??t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?p??t?/
• Hyphenation: in?ter?pret?er

Noun

interpreter (plural interpreters)

1. (translation studies) One who conveys what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language. (Contrasted with a translator.)

   A Japanese man who is tried before a German court is assisted by an interpreter in making oral statements.

   • 1991, Jerome Daniel Schein, Enid G. Wolf-Schein, University of Alberta. Western Canadian Centre for Studies in Deafness, Postsecondary Education for Deaf Students:

     Once in the classroom the interpreter might inform the deaf person of various auditory information occurring in the environment such as: The teacher has a strong accent. Your hearing aid is making a noise. The fire alarm has gone off!

2. (figuratively) One who explains something, such as an art exhibit. One who does heritage interpretation.
3. (computing) A program that executes another program written in a high-level language by reading the instructions in real time rather than by compiling it in advance.

   Programs written in the BASIC language are usually run through an interpreter, though some can be compiled.

Synonyms

• (computing): terp (slang)
• (heritage): docent, tour guide

Hypernyms

• (computing): computer program

Hyponyms

• (computing): parts interpreter, command-line interpreter
• (heritage): first-person interpreter, science interpreter, museum interpreter, parks interpreter, historical interpreter

Coordinate terms

• (in computing): compiler

Related terms

Translations

References

• interpreter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• reinterpret

Latin

Verb

interpreter

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of interpretor

Middle French

Verb

interpreter

1. to interpret; to find meaning in something

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: interpréter

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English interpreter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /int?rpreter/
• Hyphenation: in?ter?pre?ter

Noun

intèrpreter m (Cyrillic spelling ???????????)

1. interpreter

Declension

Synonyms

• (person): tùm??, interprètant, interprèt?tor, intèrpr?t
• (computer program): interprèt?tor