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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operat?r, from operor (“work, labour”). Equivalent to operate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p???e?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p???e???/
• Hyphenation: op?er?ator

Noun

operator (countable and uncountable, plural operators)

1. One who operates.
2. A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.
3. (mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.
4. (uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.
5. (informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.
   • 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:

     Francis Urquhart: I think Lord Billsborough is starting to lose touch a bit.
     Tim Stamper: Shame. Used to be a hell of an operator in his day.

6. A member of a military special operations unit.
7. (computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
8. (computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax.
9. (linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.

   In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator, binding a phonetically empty variable.

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

References

• operator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aeroport, aëroport, poor rate

Latin

Etymology

operor +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o.pe?ra?.tor/, [?p???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.pe?ra.tor/, [?p?????t??r]

Noun

oper?tor m (genitive oper?t?ris); third declension

1. worker, operator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

oper?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of operor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of operor

References

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

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

• Ultimately from Latin oper?tor (“worker”), probably through English operator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?p?????to??/

Noun

operator ?

1. surgeon

Polish

Etymology

From French opérateur, from Latin oper?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.p??ra.t?r/

Noun

operator m pers (feminine operatorka)

1. machinist, operator
2. (medicine) surgeon

   Synonym: chirurg

3. (cinematography) cameraman, cinematographer
4. (telecommunications) operator (company providing operator services)

Declension

Noun

operator m inan

1. (mathematics) operator
2. (linguistics) operator

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) operatornia
• (adjectives) operatorski, operatorowy

Further reading

• operator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• operator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op?ra?tor/
• Hyphenation: o?pe?ra?tor

Noun

opèr?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. (mathematics) operator

Declension

Swedish

Noun

operator c

1. (mathematics, computing) an operator

Declension

English

Etymology

non- +? operator

Noun

nonoperator (plural nonoperators)

1. One who is not an operator.
   • 1968, David G. Crowdis, Brandon W. Wheeler, Introduction to Mathematical Ideas (page 113)

     To nonprogrammers and nonoperators the most important thing about computers is that they are making us think again about the nature of problem solving.

2. (rail transport) A rail worker not directly involved in the mechanical operation of trains.

   Synonym: non-op