"contactor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɑntæktɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkɒntæktə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: contactors [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English contact Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English contactor From contact + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|contact|-or<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English contact Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English contactor [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-eor", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-our", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-or", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "contactor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="contactor"> From contact + -or., {{ety|en|:af|contact|-or<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English contact Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English contactor From contact + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} contactor (plural contactors)
  1. (electrical engineering) A relay used to control an electrical power circuit Related terms: circuit breaker Translations (relay used to control an electrical power circuit): kontaktori (Finnish), Schütz [neuter] (German), kontaktor (Hungarian), contattore [masculine] (Italian), stycznik [masculine] (Polish), contactor [neuter] (Romanian), releu de contactare (Romanian), releu contactor [neuter] (Romanian), devre açıcı-kesici (Turkish), kontaktör (Turkish), khởi động từ (Vietnamese), cái tiếp xúc (Vietnamese)

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French contacteur. Etymology templates: {{ety|ro|:bor|fr:contacteur|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "contacteur", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Romanian", "term" : "contactor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ro" }" data-lang="ro" data-title="contactor"> Borrowed from French contacteur., {{ety|ro|:bor|fr:contacteur|text=+|tree=1}} Borrowed from French contacteur. Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|contactoare}} contactor n (plural contactoare) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|gpd=contactoarelor|gpi=contactoare|gsd=contactorului|gsi=contactor|n=|npd=contactoarele|npi=contactoare|nsd=contactorul|nsi=contactor|vp=contactoarelor|vs=contactorule}} Forms: contactoare [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], contactor [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], contactorul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], contactoare [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], contactoarele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], contactor [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], contactorului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], contactoare [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], contactoarelor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], contactorule [singular, vocative], contactoarelor [plural, vocative]
  1. contactor Tags: neuter

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /kontaɡˈtoɾ/, [kõn̪.t̪aɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Forms: contactora [feminine], contactores [masculine, plural], contactoras [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -oɾ Head templates: {{es-adj}} contactor (feminine contactora, masculine plural contactores, feminine plural contactoras)
  1. contacting
    Sense id: en-contactor-es-adj-tByR7DSL Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 38 46 15 1 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 97 3

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /kontaɡˈtoɾ/, [kõn̪.t̪aɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Forms: contactores [plural]
Rhymes: -oɾ Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} contactor m (plural contactores)
  1. contactor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-contactor-es-noun-qbQKNAIg

Inflected forms

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