"decelerator" meaning in English

See decelerator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /diːˈsɛləɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: decelerators [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English decelerate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English decelerator From decelerate + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|decelerate|-or<id:-ator>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English decelerate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English decelerator [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" : "decelerator", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="decelerator"> From decelerate + -or., {{ety|en|:af|decelerate|-or<id:-ator>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English decelerate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English decelerator From decelerate + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} decelerator (plural decelerators)
  1. someone or something that decelerates.

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "decelerate",
      "decelerate#English"
    ],
    [
      "-eor",
      "-eor#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "-our",
      "-our#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tōr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tōr#Proto-Italic:_agent_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-tor",
      "-tor#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-or",
      "-or#English:_-ator"
    ],
    [
      "decelerate",
      "decelerate#English"
    ],
    [
      "-or",
      "-or#English:_-ator"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "decelerate",
        "4": "-or<id:-ator>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish decelerate\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish decelerator\n[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\" : \"decelerator\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"decelerator\">\nFrom decelerate + -or.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "decelerate",
        "4": "-or<id:-ator>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish decelerate\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin -ātor\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\n▲\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish decelerator\nFrom decelerate + -or.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish decelerate\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish decelerator\nFrom decelerate + -or.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decelerators",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "decelerator (plural decelerators)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -or (-ator)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone or something that decelerates."
      ],
      "id": "en-decelerator-en-noun-yZukI~Wn",
      "links": [
        [
          "decelerates",
          "decelerates"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diːˈsɛləɹeɪtə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "decelerator"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "decelerate",
      "decelerate#English"
    ],
    [
      "-eor",
      "-eor#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "-our",
      "-our#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tōr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tōr#Proto-Italic:_agent_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-tor",
      "-tor#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-or",
      "-or#English:_-ator"
    ],
    [
      "decelerate",
      "decelerate#English"
    ],
    [
      "-or",
      "-or#English:_-ator"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "decelerate",
        "4": "-or<id:-ator>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish decelerate\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish decelerator\n[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\" : \"decelerator\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"decelerator\">\nFrom decelerate + -or.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "decelerate",
        "4": "-or<id:-ator>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish decelerate\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin -ātor\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\n▲\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish decelerator\nFrom decelerate + -or.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish decelerate\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish decelerator\nFrom decelerate + -or.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decelerators",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "decelerator (plural decelerators)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries referencing missing etymons",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -or (-ator)",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone or something that decelerates."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decelerates",
          "decelerates"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diːˈsɛləɹeɪtə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "decelerator"
}

Download raw JSONL data for decelerator meaning in English (3.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (19f9a30 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.