"refractor" meaning in English

See refractor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈfɹæktə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-refractor.wav [US] Forms: refractors [plural]
Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English refract Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English refractor From refract + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|refract|-or&lt;id:-ator&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English refract Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English refractor [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "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" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-eor", "status" : "ok", "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" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-tōr<id:agent nouns>", "id" : "agent nouns" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "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" : "refractor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="refractor"> From refract + -or., {{ety|en|:af|refract|-or&lt;id:-ator&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English refract Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English refractor From refract + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} refractor (plural refractors)
  1. A refracting telescope.
    Sense id: en-refractor-en-noun-c3zvviPC Categories (other): 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 terms suffixed with -or (-ator), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Astronomy Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or (-ator): 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 51 12 14 14 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 23 5 34 34 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 7 29 29 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 50 12 13 13 9 2 Disambiguation of Astronomy: 96 4
  2. anything which refracts light, heat or sound
    Sense id: en-refractor-en-noun-XolWiTrP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autorefractor, Galilean refractor, photorefractor Related terms: reflector

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "autorefractor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Galilean refractor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "photorefractor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "refract",
      "refract#English"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tōr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tōr#Proto-Italic:_agent_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-tor",
      "-tor#Latin:_agent_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-ātor",
      "-ator#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-eor",
      "-eor#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "-our",
      "-our#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "-tor",
      "-tor#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-or",
      "-or#English:_-ator"
    ],
    [
      "refract",
      "refract#English"
    ],
    [
      "-or",
      "-or#English:_-ator"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "refract",
        "4": "-or<id:-ator>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish refract\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin -ātor\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\n▲\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish refractor\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent nouns\", \"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\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tor\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ātor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-eor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"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\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"la\", \"2\" : \":inh\", \"3\" : \"itc-pro:*-tōr<id:agent nouns>\", \"id\" : \"agent nouns\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tor\", \"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\" : \"refractor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"refractor\">\nFrom refract + -or.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "refract",
        "4": "-or<id:-ator>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish refract\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin -ātor\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\n▲\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish refractor\nFrom refract + -or.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish refract\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin -ātor\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\n▲\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish refractor\nFrom refract + -or.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "refractors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "refractor (plural refractors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "reflector"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -or (-ator)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 12 14 14 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 5 34 34 3 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 7 29 29 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 12 13 13 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "en:Astronomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A refracting telescope."
      ],
      "id": "en-refractor-en-noun-c3zvviPC",
      "links": [
        [
          "refracting telescope",
          "refracting telescope"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything which refracts light, heat or sound"
      ],
      "id": "en-refractor-en-noun-XolWiTrP",
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "heat",
          "heat"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈfɹæktə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-refractor.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Ne%C3%B8n-refractor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Ne%C3%B8n-refractor.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Ne%C3%B8n-refractor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Ne%C3%B8n-refractor.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æktə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "refractor"
}
{
  "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 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:English/æktə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/æktə(ɹ)/3 syllables",
    "en:Astronomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "autorefractor"
    },
    {
      "word": "Galilean refractor"
    },
    {
      "word": "photorefractor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "refract",
      "refract#English"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tōr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tōr#Proto-Italic:_agent_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-tor",
      "-tor#Latin:_agent_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-ātor",
      "-ator#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-eor",
      "-eor#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "-our",
      "-our#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "-tor",
      "-tor#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-or",
      "-or#English:_-ator"
    ],
    [
      "refract",
      "refract#English"
    ],
    [
      "-or",
      "-or#English:_-ator"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "refract",
        "4": "-or<id:-ator>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish refract\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin -ātor\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\n▲\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish refractor\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent nouns\", \"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\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tor\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ātor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-eor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"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\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"la\", \"2\" : \":inh\", \"3\" : \"itc-pro:*-tōr<id:agent nouns>\", \"id\" : \"agent nouns\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tor\", \"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\" : \"refractor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"refractor\">\nFrom refract + -or.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "refract",
        "4": "-or<id:-ator>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish refract\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin -ātor\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\n▲\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish refractor\nFrom refract + -or.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish refract\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin -ātor\nOld French -eorbor.\nMiddle English -our\n▲\nLatin -torlbor.\nEnglish -or\nEnglish refractor\nFrom refract + -or.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "refractors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "refractor (plural refractors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "reflector"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A refracting telescope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refracting telescope",
          "refracting telescope"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything which refracts light, heat or sound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "heat",
          "heat"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈfɹæktə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-refractor.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Ne%C3%B8n-refractor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Ne%C3%B8n-refractor.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Ne%C3%B8n-refractor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Ne%C3%B8n-refractor.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æktə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "refractor"
}

Download raw JSONL data for refractor meaning in English (4.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (c1bb342 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.