"initiator" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: initiators [plural]
Etymology: From initiate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|initiate|or}} initiate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} initiator (plural initiators)
  1. One who initiates. Translations (one who initiates): مُبَادِر (mubādir) (Arabic), təşəbbüskar (Azerbaijani), инициатор (iniciator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 创办者,发起人 (Chinese Mandarin), initiator [masculine] (Dutch), alullepanija (Finnish), aloittaja (Finnish), käynnistäjä (Finnish), initiateur [masculine] (French), initiatrice [feminine] (French), Initiator [masculine] (German), Initiatorin [feminine] (German), inisiator (Indonesian), pemrakarsa (Indonesian), pelopor (Indonesian), iniziatore [masculine] (Italian), iniziatrice [feminine] (Italian), 言い出しっ屁 (iidashippe) (alt: いいだしっぺ) (Japanese), pemula (Malay), инициа́тор (iniciátor) [masculine] (Russian), основополо́жник (osnovopolóžnik) [masculine] (Russian)
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  2. (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization. Translations (chemistry: substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization): käynnistäjä (Finnish), Initiator [masculine] (German)
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  3. (military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to start the chain reaction. Translations (military: component of a nuclear weapon): laukaisin (Finnish)
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  4. (computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
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  5. (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer. Translations (medicine: material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer): käynnistäjä (Finnish), initiaattori (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pyrotechnic initiator

Verb [Latin]

Forms: initiātor [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=initiātor}} initiātor
  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of initiō Tags: form-of, future, imperative, passive, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: initiō
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        "(chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization."
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      "word": "مُبَادِر"
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      "sense": "one who initiates",
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      "sense": "one who initiates",
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      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "创办者,发起人"
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "alullepanija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "aloittaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "käynnistäjä"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "one who initiates",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "initiatrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Initiator"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Initiatorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "inisiator"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "pemrakarsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "pelopor"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "one who initiates",
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      "word": "iniziatore"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "one who initiates",
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    },
    {
      "alt": "いいだしっぺ",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iidashippe",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "言い出しっ屁"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
      "word": "pemula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "iniciátor",
      "sense": "one who initiates",
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      ],
      "word": "инициа́тор"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "основополо́жник"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "chemistry: substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization",
      "word": "käynnistäjä"
    },
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      "word": "Initiator"
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}

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