different between inventor vs author
inventor
English
Alternative forms
- inventour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inventor.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?v?nt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?v?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?(?)
Noun
inventor (plural inventors)
- One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.
Coordinate terms
- inventress
- inventrix
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- noverint
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inventor, invent?rem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.v?n?to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.b?n?to/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.ven?to?/
Adjective
inventor (feminine inventora, masculine plural inventors, feminine plural inventores)
- inventive
Noun
inventor m (plural inventors, feminine inventora)
- inventor
Related terms
Further reading
- “inventor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inventor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “inventor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inventor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inventor, invent?rem.
Noun
inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)
- inventor
Related terms
- inventar
Further reading
- “inventor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Latin
Etymology
From inveni? +? -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in?u?en.tor/, [?n?u??n?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in?ven.tor/, [in?v?n?t??r]
Noun
inventor m (genitive invent?ris, feminine inventr?x); third declension
- contriver, author, discoverer, inventor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- inventio
Descendants
References
- inventor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inventor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inventor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- inventor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inventor, invent?rem.
Noun
inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)
- inventor (one who invents things)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
From French inventeur.
Noun
inventor m (plural inventori)
- (dated) inventor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inventor, invent?rem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imben?to?/, [?m.b?n??t?o?]
Noun
inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora or inventriz, feminine plural inventoras or inventrices)
- inventor (one who invents things)
Related terms
Further reading
- “inventor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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author
English
Alternative forms
- authour (obsolete)
- auctor (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from auge? (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in English autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??.??/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??.??/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /???.t??/
- Rhymes: -????(r)
- Hyphenation: au?thor
Noun
author (plural authors)
- The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language Preface
- The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
- (with definite article: "the author") I, me. used in academic articles instead of a first-person pronoun.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- Someone who writes books for a living.
- (obsolete, criminal law) Principal.
- (obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.
- 1699, Seven new Colloquies translated out of Erasmus
- Let me inform you en passant, Ladies, that those Villains the Heathens, as my Authors tell me, (and I thought it wou'd[sic] not be amiss to communicate such a nice Observation to this House) used to call our Saviour Chrestus, and not Christus, by way of Contempt and Derision […]
- 1699, Seven new Colloquies translated out of Erasmus
Synonyms
- (creator of a work): bookwright, creator, artist, subcreator, fabulator, writer
Derived terms
- authoress, authress
- author of life
Related terms
- authorization or authorisation
- authority
- authorship
- auteur
Translations
Verb
author (third-person singular simple present authors, present participle authoring, simple past and past participle authored)
- (chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author.
Derived terms
- authorable
Translations
Anagrams
- Hotaru
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?au?.t?or/, [?äu?t???r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?au?.tor/, [???u?t??r]
Noun
author m (genitive auth?ris); third declension
- (proscribed) Alternative form of auctor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- author in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
auctor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - auctor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 184f.
Middle English
Noun
author
- Alternative form of auctour
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