"inventor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈvɛntɚ/ [General-American], /ɪnˈvɛntə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inventor.wav Forms: inventors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|inventor}} Latin inventor, {{surf|en|invent|-or|id2=agent noun}} By surface analysis, invent + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} inventor (plural inventors)
  1. One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: inventour [obsolete] Related terms: invent, inventer, invention Coordinate_terms: inventress, inventrix Translations (one who invents): καινουργός (kainourgós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἐπινοητής (epinoētḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), εὑρετής (heuretḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مُخْتَرِع (muḵtariʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), مُبْتَكِر (mubtakir) [masculine] (Arabic), գյուտարար (gyutarar) (Armenian), вынахо́днік (vynaxódnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), вынахо́дніца (vynaxódnica) [feminine] (Belarusian), изобрета́тел (izobretátel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), откривател (otkrivatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), inventor [masculine] (Catalan), inventora [feminine] (Catalan), 發明家 (Chinese Mandarin), 发明家 (fāmíngjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), vynálezce [masculine] (Czech), uitvinder [masculine] (Dutch), inventisto [feminine, masculine] (Esperanto), inventistino [feminine] (Esperanto), keksijä (Finnish), inventeur [masculine] (French), inventrice [feminine] (French), inventor [masculine] (Galician), Erfinder [masculine] (German), Erfinderin [feminine] (German), feltaláló (Hungarian), aireagóir (Irish), inventore [masculine] (Italian), inventrice [feminine] (Italian), ideatore (Italian), 発明者 (hatsumeisha) (alt: はつめいしゃ) (Japanese), өнертапқыш (önertapqyş) (Kazakh), 발명가 (balmyeongga) (alt: 發明家) (Korean), 발명자 (balmyeongja) (alt: 發明者) [especially] (Korean), inventor [masculine] (Latin), inventrix [feminine] (Latin), repertor [masculine] (Latin), зохион бүтээгч (zoxion büteegč) (Mongolian), ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠲᠦᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ (ǰokiyan bütügeɣči) (Mongolian), oppfinner [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), مخترع (moxtare') (Persian), wynalazca [masculine] (Polish), wynalazczyni [feminine] (Polish), inventor [masculine] (Portuguese), inventora [feminine] (Portuguese), изобрета́тель (izobretátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), изобрета́тельница (izobretátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), inventor [masculine] (Spanish), inventora [feminine] (Spanish), inventriz [feminine] (Spanish), uppfinnare [common-gender] (Swedish), นักประดิษฐ์ (nák-bprà-dìt) (Thai), mucit (Turkish), винахі́дник (vynaxídnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), винахі́дниця (vynaxídnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), كەشپىياتچى (keshpiyatchi) (Uyghur), datuvan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hidatuvan [masculine] (Volapük), jidatuvan [feminine] (Volapük)

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          "sense": "one who invents",
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          "roman": "epinoētḗs",
          "sense": "one who invents",
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "heuretḗs",
          "sense": "one who invents",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who invents",
          "word": "feltaláló"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one who invents",
          "word": "aireagóir"
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          "sense": "one who invents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who invents",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who invents",
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          "alt": "はつめいしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hatsumeisha",
          "sense": "one who invents",
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "önertapqyş",
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          "word": "өнертапқыш"
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          "alt": "發明家",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "balmyeongga",
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          "alt": "發明者",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "sense": "one who invents",
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          "roman": "ǰokiyan bütügeɣči",
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          "roman": "vynaxídnyk",
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
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        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "roman": "muḵtariʕ",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُخْتَرِع"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mubtakir",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُبْتَكِر"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gyutarar",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "գյուտարար"
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      "roman": "vynaxódnik",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "вынахо́днік"
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vynaxódnica",
      "sense": "one who invents",
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      "word": "вынахо́дніца"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izobretátel",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изобрета́тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkrivatel",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "откривател"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inventora"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "發明家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāmíngjiā",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "发明家"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vynálezce"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uitvinder"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inventistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "keksijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inventrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erfinder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erfinderin"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kainourgós",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epinoētḗs",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ἐπινοητής"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "heuretḗs",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εὑρετής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "feltaláló"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "aireagóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inventrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "ideatore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はつめいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hatsumeisha",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "発明者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "önertapqyş",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "өнертапқыш"
    },
    {
      "alt": "發明家",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balmyeongga",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "발명가"
    },
    {
      "alt": "發明者",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "raw_tags": [
        "in law"
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      "roman": "balmyeongja",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ],
      "word": "발명자"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inventrix"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "repertor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zoxion büteegč",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "зохион бүтээгч"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ǰokiyan bütügeɣči",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠲᠦᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oppfinner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moxtare'",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "مخترع"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wynalazca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wynalazczyni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inventora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobretátelʹ",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изобрета́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobretátelʹnica",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изобрета́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inventora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inventriz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "uppfinnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-bprà-dìt",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "นักประดิษฐ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "mucit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vynaxídnyk",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "винахі́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vynaxídnycja",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "винахі́дниця"
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    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "keshpiyatchi",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "word": "كەشپىياتچى"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "datuvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hidatuvan"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one who invents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "jidatuvan"
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}

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