different between producer vs initiator

English

Etymology

produce +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???dju?s?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p???du?s?/

Noun

producer (plural producers)

1. (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
2. One who produces an artistic production like a CD, a theater production, a film, a TV program and so on.
3. (biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
4. (Britain, Ireland, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven days (or ten, in the Republic of Ireland) in which to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
5. (archaic) A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.

Derived terms

• executive producer
• primary producer

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• procured

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English producer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prodju?s?r/, [p???o?d?ju?s?]

Noun

producer c (singular definite produceren, plural indefinite producere)

1. producer (one who produces an artistic production)

Inflection

Further reading

• “producer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See producere (“to produce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /produse?r/, [p???od?use????], [p???od?u?se???]

Verb

producer

1. imperative of producere

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English producer.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro?du?cer

Noun

producer m (plural producers, diminutive producertje n)

1. producer

Synonyms

• producent

Hungarian

Etymology

From English producer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?produt?s?r]
• Hyphenation: pro?du?cer
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

producer (plural producerek)

1. producer, showrunner (one who produces an artistic production)

Declension

References

Interlingua

Verb

producer

1. to produce

Conjugation

Scots

Etymology

From English producer.

Noun

producer (plural producers)

1. producer

English

Etymology

initiate +? -or

Noun

initiator (plural initiators)

1. One who initiates.
2. (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.
3. (military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to trigger a fission chain reaction.
4. (computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
5. (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.

Translations

Latin

Verb

initi?tor

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

References

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